Posted on 02/10/2006 10:23:56 AM PST by presidio9
State Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer, the leading Democratic candidate for governor, vowed Thursday to "do everything in my power" to preserve women's access to abortion in New York if the newly configured U.S. Supreme Court moves to reopen the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. He also spoke in favor of improving adoption services and prenatal care for pregnant women, and a better dialogue with abortion foes on how to curb unwanted pregnancies.
"There are people of good will with deep moral and religious beliefs who oppose abortion," Spitzer said in a speech at New York Law School. "They are honorable and thoughtful, and their position in the national debate should be respected."
Accepting the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, Spitzer reiterated his support for late-term abortion if the procedure were deemed necessary to preserve a pregnant woman's life or health. But he also called for abortions to be "safe, legal and rare," a standard first set by former President Bill Clinton and adopted recently by his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
While not naming Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi, a likely rival for the Democratic nomination who has offered a plan to reduce abortions, Spitzer said the abortion debate should not be "about tinkering with a point here or there or shading an argument to placate one crowd or another."
Tuesday, Suozzi announced a $1 million Common Sense for the Common Good Initiative, promoting birth control, adoption, housing for unwed mothers and abstinence. He awarded eight grants to groups across the abortion rights spectrum, from Planned Parenthood to Catholic Charities.
NARAL Pro-Choice New York immediately criticized the program because some of the grants went to anti-abortion groups that promote abstinence-only sex education.
Spitzer declined to comment directly on Suozzi's proposal, saying he had not had time to review it. But he said he would be willing to consider abstinence-based programs as one part of a larger effort to reduce abortions.
"Abstinence is an important part of it, but it's not sufficient," Spitzer said.
Suozzi has said he supports abortion rights and would support late-term abortions if a woman's life or health were at risk.
This is a lie. There are no groups that promote abstinence only sex education in NY. What there are are groups that propose including teaching about abstinence in the curriculum, and NARL opposes this. NARL is quite open about their mission to increase the frequency of abortion.
If he has his way, gays will have the right to marry too.
He is an evil man. A few years ago, he led a campaign against crisis pregnancy centers in the state. He disgusts me.
In fairness, if Roe V Wade is going to be overturned (and I suspect it will), this becomes an important issue for governors as abortion will properly return to a state's right.
Science moves forward and disproves the assertions of the anti life crowd. And yet as science shows that there's more life and more emotional and biological interdependence, the anti life crowd sits in 1973 stock still.
Spitzer is stuck in '73
What a shame that Spitzer isn't as concerned about the rights of the unborn child not to be torn to shreds inside the womb of the mother. Oh wait, it isn't a child, it is a "fetus", so say the caring compassionate babykillers of NARAL.
And to NARAL, Spitzer certainly fits the definition of "a useful idiot".
As Ronald Reagan used to say, "It's interesting that all of these people in favor of abortion, are already born." (paraphrased)
Sorry.
Examples include - what the "fetus" feels (silent scream was banned by abortocrats); that women who go through abortions have the same sense of loss and depression as those who miscarry, but they don't have support groups to talk about how hurtful the abortion was. And lastly, that the number of deaths of women and teenage girls who have abortions is higher than prior to Roe v. Wade.
That is where it belonged all along.
N.Y. will then allow abortion on demand even if the baby is due tomorrow.
Thankfully many other states will disallow them.
Don't forget the fact legalized abortions don't really save a lot of mothers lives like they are supposed to. The "back alley" abortionist myth is their strongest argument, and it is another lie.
"There are people of good will with deep moral and religious beliefs who oppose abortion," Spitzer said in a speech at New York Law School. "They are honorable and thoughtful, and their position in the national debate should be respected."
Patronizing _________. (insert the expletive of your choice).
Hey, I agree with you, but the man is a politician. If he is doing his job correctly, he is talking about keeping aboriton legal in NY, because, sadly, that is important to NY voters. On of the things that the baby killers never talk about is the fact that they will always be free to kill as many babies as they like in places like NY, California and Massachussettes.
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"There are people of good will with deep moral and religious beliefs who oppose abortion," Spitzer said in a speech at New York Law School. "They are honorable and thoughtful, and their position in the national debate should be respected."
Hey Spit-boy, drop dead.
Oh of course not. It eliminates any support from the father of the baby and from other family members.
It's also a means of keeping a woman or teenage girl in an abusive situation.
Additionally, you never hear these groups talk about the proposed "paternal abortion" whereby a father could legally sever all ties with a mother in return for the cost of an abortion (at that point, whether she has one or not is up to her). Why do you suppose that is?
Exactly
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