Posted on 08/03/2005 10:43:51 AM PDT by pblax8
Long-time Catholic League member Tom Dennelly wrote to Senator Edward Kennedy in 1971 expressing his views on abortion (this was a year-and-a-half before Roe v. Wade). In a letter dated August 3, 1971, Senator Kennedy replied; excerpts appear below. To read the full text, click here:
“While the deep concern of a woman bearing an unwanted child merits consideration and sympathy, it is my personal feeling that the legalization of abortion on demand is not in accordance with the value which our civilization places on human life. Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized—the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old.
“On the question of the individual’s freedom of choice there are easily available birth control methods and information which women may employ to prevent or postpone pregnancy. But once life has begun, no matter at what stage of growth, it is my belief that termination should not be decided merely by desire.
“When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.”
Catholic League president William Donohue opined as follows:
“The same Ted Kennedy who once championed the rights of the unborn now champions the right of a doctor to jam a scissor into the skull of an infant who is 80-percent born. Sadly for him, history will look back at this era and recognize that he didn’t care enough about human beings to take responsibility for children from the very moment of conception.”
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicleauge.org ...
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Every thing I ever needed to know about Ted Kennedy I learned from Mary Jo.......'s autopsy.
Teddy boy lied! I'm shocked, truly shocked (hands trembling, reaching for the Chivas Regal).
He was all for retroactive abortion by drowning back then
Classic.
Sadly, this is no surprise. Ted Kennedy is a despicable human being. He slivers away from trouble like the snake he is, and will not hesitate to engage in the most outrageous demagoguery to destroy the reputation of another.
Remember what old Joe Kennedy said:
"I bought and paid for that Senate seat and as long as there is a Kennedy alive, it will be a Kennedy in it"
Doesn't matter what FatBoy says or when, people of Mass. need to find some matter and get him out....Old Joe is Dead and so is Ted.....
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Like most libs, he does not have the GUTS to say what he truly believes. He will say anything to anyone at anytime just for political advantage. The cowards way out.
Of course, the only thing libs truly believe in is class warfare, keeping their power at all costs, and shoving whatever their beliefs are this week down our throats via the courts.
When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.
When history looks back to this era, it'll witness a host of sellouts for political gain, among them Kennedy's, Jesse Jackson's, and Bill Clinton's. All three wrote eloquent defenses for the lives of the unborn before they made their Faustian transaction.
Later Kennedy was quoted:
"I am for abortion rights. Why, if abortion was legal when I was young, I wouldn't have had to kill Mary Jo Kopechne, er I mean . . "
Ted Kennedy is a physical and moral wreck.
Are the folks in taxachusetts demented that they keep electing a Kennedy? I could see 40-50 years ago that there might have been an Irish-American ethnic pride thing going on-----but that's definitely a thing of the past. My father was primarily Irish Catholic and never voted for a Kennedy. The fact was and is that the whole gang of them were sleezy (although charismatic)---and I'm really not bringing up Old Joe's rum running. (Prohibition was stupid and I would have probably run a speakeasy if I were alive then)
Hick - up ,,,,, hick - up ,,,,, puke .
Sorry , I was having a Ted Kennedy moment .
Well if they weren't would they keep putting old teddy boy in office? There has to be someone that could run against him, or at least I would think there would be....I think his son Patrick Kennedy is running for congressman or something I heard....
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