Posted on 02/20/2006 4:02:32 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
LAS VEGAS, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Jack Carter, 58, the eldest son of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate to represent Nevada. At his launch, Carter spoke with reporters revealing his schizophrenic stand on abortion - a stand similar to that of his father.
Speaking with the Associated Press' Kathleen Hennessey, Carter described his abortion views saying, ""I'm a personal freedoms person. I don't want the government to come in and tell my child or whoever it is that they can't have an abortion. I'm pro-choice as far as a woman choosing, but I'm against abortion."
Stephen F. Hayward, PhD., wrote a 2004 book on Jimmy Carter noting the former President's political exploitation of abortion. In an interview with National Review, Hayward recalled Carter's abortion stand: "The 1976 campaign was the first national election after the Roe decision, and the politics of the issue were still sorting themselves out. Remember that Gerald Ford was pro-abortion, while many Democrats, including Sargent Shriver, one of Carter's rivals, were pro-life. In the Iowa caucuses, which Carter put on the map for the first time, Carter told Catholic audiences (and a gathering of bishops) that he opposed abortion and supported legislation to restrict it, thus cutting into Shriver's support. But he told feminist groups at the same time that he supported abortion rights (indeed, he had done so as governor of Georgia)."
The AP report reveals Jack Carter is Baptist and has, together with his wife Elizabeth, four children from previous marriages.
In 2000, LifeSiteNews.com reported that President Carter left the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Carter said at the time that the SBC had adopted policies "that violate the basic premises of my Christian faith," including a denominational statement that prohibits women from being pastors and tells wives to be submissive to their husbands.
However, Morris H. Chapman, chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, noted that Carter, who was originally embraced by Baptist conservatives in 1976 when he publicly described himself as a born-again Christian, lost favour with conservative Christians after such actions as appointing Sarah Weddington - the lead attorney in the landmark 1973 abortion case, Roe v. Wade - to the White House position when he was assistant to the president.
You are correct in that most people probably would not have a problem with abortion as birth control were limited. But even if it were limited to those few cases, who decides if a woman meets the criteria? If it were up to the doctor, how often would the doctor wink and say her life was in danger? I am one of those who believe that if all the time and energy spent on trying to outlaw abortion were spent on educating on exactly what happens in an abortion and the options other than abortion, the same goal of dramatically lowering them would be acheived.
The man and woman have a choice to prevent conception from the git-go or control themselves if wedlock isn't in the picture.
By insisting on a "right" to choose, you do in fact, sanction abortion. You can't argue around that,your distinction that you personally disdain it in your own circumstance or choosing, rings pretty hollow.
You don't understand the pro life movement at all. We have set up clinics all across this land funded by individuals to stem the tide of abortion. The killing continues unabated.
Blow it out your ass, "Jimmuh Jr."...
no-one believes anymore your father was an earnest Christian given his support for terrorist dictatorships, kowtowing to Islamicists, hatred of Israel, and attempts to destroy the United States...
And Bill Clinton sucked all the doublespeak credibility out of the room.
Can you say "double-digit inflation and 18% real interest rates...and a castrated military?"
I knew you could!
Maybe I'm limited by my location, but having clinics and not advertising them don't do much good. I can take an unscientific poll tomorrow in my classes but I would put money on no one knowing of anyone to seek about abortion counseling other than Planned Parenthood.
:-} Thats not surprising. We have hundreds of thousands of people marching on Congress every year and it doesn't even get a mention in the MSM. The 25 yahoos from Planned Parenthood however make all the news shows.
You had to bring that up? Until the day I die I will have hard feelings against my erstwhile CIC who allowed the Iranians to capture, humiliate and scare the hell out of my fellow Americans while our line units didn't have enough ammo to go to the range. The war with the jihadis is 30 years late.
..boy, he has that down good...
We wouldn't have to outlaw abortion to lower the numbers, as people would willingly do so. And isn't it better to convince people of the truth than to force the truth on them and tell them to like it and shut up already?
We've been doing it backwards, as Peggy Noonan, back when she had her head on straight, used to say--we should educate first, then the laws would change because as a nation BELIEVE abortion should end.
Surely the fine people of Nevada will be able to see through this double-talking hypocrite.
The judges can not be convinced, they have to be replaced.
Ever since the episode aired I thought South Park had the easiest way to convince people that abortion was not a nice little procedure. After finding out that having a vaginoplasty doesn't make him a real women he remarks "You mean, I'll never know what it feels like to have a baby growing inside me and then scramble its brains and vacuum it out?"
Perfect illustration of the feminist view of abortion as a rite of passage.
Yes,
"I personally would never own a slave but I believe people should be able to make that decision to own slaves for themselves".
If she made the wrong decision then .......but if it was her choice then how can it have been wrong?
Every unborn child deserve a chance to be born. It is not our place to be God and choose who and who not will be born. It is sad when we as a human race can not protect nor cherish our most innocent and vulable of our species.....the unborn.
As to Slavery vs Abortion, they are morale absolutes which has everything to do with each other. As you get older, you will understand that.
As to my arguments not holding any merit with you, that's okay, I will not lose any sleep over it. Hopefully, you won't either.
A Democrat talking out of both sides of their mouth? How unusual >>Sarc<<
Sounds a lot like another in 2004, "I actually voted for it, before I voted against it."
I can't wait to hear what this joker has "seared, seared" into his memory too.
Since he's my age, when do we hear his war hero stories?
Hmmmmm. Intersting article. Don't know if anyone else posted it yet (I haven't read the whole thread)
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051014/NEWS10/510140411/1016/NEWS
In fact to call them genuine idiots is a backhanded slap in the face to genuine idiots world-wide
Wonder if he has splinters in his butt from that fence he's sitting on? He must be taking points from Bubba and his nut-job Daddy.
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