Posted on 01/23/2006 5:02:03 PM PST by LouAvul
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush told abortion opponents Monday that they are pursuing "a noble cause" and predicted that their views would prevail eventually.
"We're working to persuade more of our fellow Americans of the rightness of our cause," the president told abortion foes gathered at the foot of Capitol Hill on a chilly, rainy day. He spoke by telephone from Manhattan, Kan., where he gave a speech.
"This is a cause that appeals to the conscience of our citizens and is rooted in America's deepest principles," the president said. "And history tells us that with such a cause we will prevail."
The rally was held to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. Bush has named two justices to the Supreme Court, and abortion foes hope someday that the court will reverse its landmark decision on abortion.
Abortion supporters held a rally on Sunday, urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. They held a candlelight vigil in front of the court, waving signs that read: "Alito-No Justice For Women," and "Keep Abortion Legal."
"You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not just to those considered healthy or wanted or convenient," Bush told the abortion foes.
"These principles call us to defend the sick and the dying, persons with disabilities and birth defects, all who are weak and vulnerable, especially unborn children," the president said.
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God bless President Bush.
Abortion proponents say that an unborn baby(aka fetus) is just a tissue, so its death is not a death of a human. By the same token, a born baby is just a tissue who is out of the womb. You and I are just tissues, made up of cells and protein, but unlike the fetus, we had the chance to get out of the womb and live for dozens of years by shedding old tissues/cells and growing more, as we age.
As an evolutionist, I take offense at the abortionist argument that a fetus can be killed because it is just a tissue.
Over 46 million have died on this battlefield.
Let's do something....now.
I appreciate the gesture all Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan have made on this day. But it is a gesture. A phone call. Let's hope we someday have a president with the balls to go to this rally and speak in person.
Nice choice of picsthe AP used when tens of thousands of pro-lifers were marching.
typical...
Doesn't mean a thing. Doesn't stop the slaughter. Doesn't close an abortuary or save a life. Doesn't release any pro-life heroes that are imprisoned.
Just another meaningless bale of useless hay thrown out to appease the pro-life sheep.
baaaa
Only fringe nuts and fanatics consider Eric Rudolph a hero.
I totally agree with you. I was at the Pro-Life march once, back in 1994.
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