I was a bipartisan horror -- the embrace of abortion. Abortion was not mentioned in the 1972 campaigns, but my understanding was that Nixon had a much more liberal view of abortion than did McGovern.
By 1980, Reagan had swung the Republican platform to one that calls for restrictions on abortion with the goal of ultimate elimination. That was the same position the Republicans took on slavery in the 1850s. In 1976, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., endorsed abortion, and the Democrat platforms since have affirmed "abortion rights" PLUS taxpayer funding of abortions for all reasons at all stages of pregnancy for the POOR. Neither party is very serious about controlling abortion, it would seem to me. When there was no outrage against the Supreme Court nationalizing a "right to abortion" we can hardly expect much of a whimper over euthanasia either. Remember too that Harry Blackmun, author of Roe v. Wade was a very liberal MN Republican. He was of course joined by his fellow MN Republican liberal Warren Earl Burger, both Nixon appointees to the court.
I knew that Bush, Sr was pro-abortion before he became Reagan's VP running mate.
I'm not surprised at all by what you said about Carter and Ford. I'm thinking Reagan was our best President.
For the most part, so many of the politicans speak double talk. It's ridiculous.
I just received the following in an e-mail. The bill numbers are HB 701 and SB 2128.
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Senator Wise has filed the Senate compliment of HB 701 in Florida. Please contact him and give him a giant thanks.
The bill below has been sent to committee. Wednesday, there will be an 8:30 to 11:30 am speaking block for you to state whether you support this bill. This will be in front of the Health Care Regulatory Committee, in Tallahassee.
While there, you can speak with your reps and lobby with whomever you can get time with. Please be there in support of this bill for all incapacitated.
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Questions about the Florida Statutes, Laws of Florida, and the Florida Constitution should be emailed to stat.rev@leg.state.fl.us. You may call the Division of Statutory Revision at 850-488-8403.
Withholding or Withdrawal of Nutrition or Hydration from Incompetent Persons:
Declares that an incompetent person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide the necessary nutrition and hydration to sustain life; prohibits a court, proxy, or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances; provides that the presumption to provide nutrition and hydration is inapplicable under certain circumstances; conforms provisions to changes made by the act; declares that the act supersedes existing court orders otherwise applicable on or after the effective date of the act.
GENERAL BILL by Baxley (CO-SPONSORS) Bean; Brown; Cannon; Cretul; Davis, D.; Flores; Goldstein; Lopez-Cantera; Murzin; Patterson; Quinones; Stargel; Traviesa
Bills :: Florida House Of Representatives
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16262&iSessionSelectedIndex=0&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=701&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelecte
There is a full analysis of the bill with substantive provision online if you wish to check further. There is also a minor provision on maintaining the integrity of the medical profession.