The Republican National Coalition for Life says that 'the views George Allen expresses can only be described as pro-choice, not pro-life'.
It would also appear that he supports abortions up until VIABILITY!
George Allen on the Life Issues – U.S. Senator George Allen is the former Governor of Virginia. In that capacity, on March 22, 1997, he signed a parental notice bill before 1,500 supporters in a ceremony replete with families carrying “Thank you Governor Allen” signs. Since that time, Allen has given every indication that he is another politician who claims to be “pro-life” while endorsing measures to restrict or regulate the practice of abortion, but not make it illegal.
In 2000, Senator Allen responded to a Project Vote Smart questionnaire, saying abortions should be illegal when the fetus is viable, with or without life support. In other words, he supported abortion until viability, when 98% of the abortions are performed. He said abortions should be legal when pregnancy resulted from rape or incest, when the life of the woman is endangered, and he added that abortion should be legal for gross fetal abnormality. Of course, he supported the usual restrictions such as a partial-birth abortion ban, waiting periods, and opposed public funding of abortions. But the views he expressed can only be described as pro-choice, not pro-life.
On May 22, 2005, George Allen appeared with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday Morning Talk, and he was asked whether he supported Bush’s restriction on embryonic stem cell research, or if he favored the legislation that would expand the number of embryos to be used for experimentation. His response was, “I’m probably in between the both of them.” Later in the interview, Allen said, “I do not want to be creating embryos simply for harvesting, nor do I want to allow cloning.” Stephanopoulos replied, “But if they were left over from fertility treatments, it’s OK to do the research on them.” Allen responded, “Yes.”
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To reiterate: According to this article, the abortions George Allen supports include 98% of those that are being committed now!
Dear EternalVigilance,
I've read quotes from Sen. Allen that indicates he thinks the law should permit abortion up until brain function.
Which I think is a crock of you-know-what.
You know that I'm pretty much a pro-life extremist. You can't whack innocent human beings. No matter what stage of life they're in, whether we're talking about an 8-month old "fetus" or an 8-minute old "product of conception." People are people, and you can't whack the innocent ones directly, on purpose. Period.
And the law should ultimately reflect that.
However, we're still a little way off from protecting every unborn child in law. In fact, we're still a way off from protecting ANY unborn child in law. Even though the seven black-robed demons from Hell tried to pretend that Roe/Doe permitted substantial curtailment of abortion in the second and third trimesters, the fact is that the United States suffers under a regime of de facto abortion on demand, as a result of the death machinery of Roe.
Roe must go.
Until the Supreme Court eviscerates Roe, we will be unable to legislate legal protection for any unborn children at all.
Any presidential nominee who promises to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will understand that Roe sucks, and must go, is worthy of at least some consideration. Even if that nominee, if given the chance, would write relatively liberal abortion laws himself.
Once Roe goes (please, God, soon), then someone like Sen. Allen becomes our adversary. Getting rid of Roe is just the beginning of the battle. However, in the present political climate, it's a necessary step. So, I accept current alliances of convenience that actually move us toward overturning Roe, understanding that those who are now my friends may well be my adversaries, later.
I'd love a much more pro-life nominee, EternalVigilance, but I don't see any realistic prospects on the horizon for such an individual in 2008. Sen. Allen is way better than Mr. Giuliani or Mr. Romney, and perhaps even a little better than Sen. McCain (who seems to be perhaps mentally ill).
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