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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
January 7, 2006

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion advocates disrupted a press conference on Thursday by pro-life women's groups seeking to express their support for the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito.
Alito, who has said there is no right to abortion in the Constitution, would replace pro-abortion Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, something abortion advocates don't want to happen.

As Family Research Council vice president Connie Mackey addressed the press conference, NARAL and a group of angry abortion advocates tried to disrupt her speech and the press conference.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life political group, described the scene.

"Pro-abortion protesters barged into the press conference wearing 'blood'-spattered shirts and chanting, 'Bush and Alito will outlaw abortion and women will die," she explained.

"You do not represent the majority of women in this country," Mackey politely informed the protesters. She quoted polling data that shows American women support pro-life legislation such as parental notification and oppose partial-birth abortions.

"True to form, advocates of so-called “choice” angrily tried to silence our choice to support Judge Alito’s fair confirmation process," Dannenfelser added.

Dannenfelser said abortion advocates are angry "because they know that they cannot extract a commitment from Judge Alito to continue the judicial damming-up of mainstream, commonsense legislation to restrict abortion."

Polls continue to show that a majority of American women take a pro-life position on the issue of abortion.
A June 2003 poll conducted by the pro-abortion Center for the Advancement of Women found 51% of women took a pro-life position opposing most or all abortions while only 30 percent said it should be generally available.

A September 2003 survey conducted by the Polling Company found 54 percent of women selected one of three different pro-life views opposing all or almost all abortions. Only 39 percent backed abortion.

FRC president Tony Perkins said of the incident, "It's almost funny. NARAL professes to believe Judge Sam Alito wants to silence them, while they're busy silencing other women."

TAKE ACTION: If you're a pro-life woman, write a letter to the editor citing the above polling data and mentioning this incident. Tell your community that women are pro-life and oppose abortion.

Related web sites:
Susan B. Anthony List - http://www.sba-list.org
Family Research Council - http://www.frc.org

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January 8, 2006

Verdicts are in, even before Alito hearings begin
By Dana Milbank
The Washington Post
January 8, 2006

Do not be surprised if, at some point during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, a trumpet blast is sounded in the hearing room, winged angels descend, and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee turn into pillars of salt.

This undoubtedly would be the wish of the Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council.
He held a news conference Thursday outside the Hart Office Building to announce that he would "consecrate Room 216 Hart" -- the hearing room -- in hopes of having, in the sacred words of Fox News, "a fair and balanced hearing."
"By dedicating it to God, we look to God to orchestrate and direct the activities that take place at that location," Schenck, who provided similar blessings for John Roberts' confirmation, explained to the TV cameras.
It's unclear if this would violate Senate rules, which give Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., sole authority to direct activities in the hearing room.
With days to go until Alito's confirmation hearings, the rush to judgment was in the home stretch Thursday.

The day began with a gathering of groups, including Law Students Against Alito. An hour later at the National Press Club, a group of Women Against Alito crashed a meeting of Women for Alito and heckled the participants with chants of "Women will die!"

While that fracas ensued, a group of Law Professors Against Alito was meeting down the hall.
Pat Robertson set the tone for the week when he said on Tuesday that God had told him Alito would be confirmed and another justice -- a liberal! -- will retire this year.
"The president is going to strengthen, and Alito is going to get confirmed," Robertson prophesied, provoking the liberal Americans United group to wonder if Robertson "is confusing his wish list for God's will."

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