Posted on 01/25/2007 4:44:10 PM PST by Spiff
New York, N.Y. (CNSNews.com) - While the national Republican platform is decidedly pro-life and has been for the past two decades, the GOP mayor of the nation's largest city believes his party's philosophical underpinnings are more in tune with the pro-abortion point of view.
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said favoring the availability of abortion is "more consistent with the philosophy of the Republican Party."
Giuliani made his eyebrow-raising remarks at an awards luncheon April 6 sponsored by the National Abortion Rights Action League in New York City, a leading abortion group.
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Kelli Conlin, the executive director of the New York chapter of NARAL, applauded Giuliani's views. She called the mayor "a great advocate for us," and said it was "unfortunate the leadership of the GOP has moved into a direction where they want to implant government control on the lives of women and on reproductive freedom."
Although some of the state's top Republicans favor the availability of abortion - both Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki are supporters of abortion rights - their views on the issue are not shared by all in the New York GOP.
"Rudy Giuliani is not the poster child for the Republican Party. His values are completely out-of-step with the views of the GOP," said Lori Hougen, spokesperson for the New York chapter of the National Right to Life.
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Translation: TRUST NOTHING THEY SAY...
The only thing you've exposed we discussed in a prior thread.
I will also vote for whoever opposes the Dems in the election, but I will support only pro-life candidates for the nomination. I'm a man of principles, not insanity.
So, I guess that anything that Hillary, Obama, Richardson, or whatever other dumbass Democrat has said or done in the past will be off limits this election too? You're kidding, right?
Liz .. we all know what Giuliani is and what he supports
Though ... he is strong on the war and bottom line is .. if we lose this war then none of our beliefs and values will matter .. the abortion issue will be the less of our worries
I readily admit, Rudy is not my top pick in the primaries .. but come the general election .. I will vote for whoever is the candidate
Our country may not survive a Dem in the WH .. especial now
This race is different that 2000. It's in full swing now. And the polls don't mean a lot - but the point is for the adolescents who now have an anti-Rudy ping list - they aren't aren't having much success. My advice is to work for someone - rather than against someone.
We all know more abortions take place in NY City then any other city in America. What some folks may not realize, Rudy Giuliani supports abortion on demand, while opposing a ban on partial birth abortion. Nothing is more liberal then Rudy`s abortion position. Some FReepers appear to have a serious problem when this is posted. As far as I know, Free Republic remains opposed to the current culture of death in America today. We are a conservative pro-life website.
To those Freepers who want to stifle free speech and political dissent I say, find a different forum to spew your culture of death postings on.
agree
By the way, here's Rudy's opening line to that speech he gave to NARAL:
Thank you very much for inviting me to say a few words of welcome. This event shows that people of different political parties and different political thinking can unite in support of choice. In doing so, we are upholding a distinguished tradition that began in our city starting with the work of Margaret Sanger and the movement for reproductive freedom that began in the early decades of the 20th century.
Yes, he even celebrated the work of pro-Nazi eugenicist Margaret 'more children from the fit, less from the unfit' Sanger.
The more I dig tonight, the more I feel that I need a shower. I thought Giuliani was pretty bad before, but now I see how disgusting he really is.
You might yourself note that lying violates one of the Ten Commandments.
It will be fun to watch him debate Duncan Hunter.
The subject of this thread was a speech that Giuliani gave to the National Abortion Rights Action League - one of the nation's leading abortion advocacy groups. Rudy was asked to speak to NARAL because they recognized him as a "Champion of Choice" at the event.
The left continues to infiltrate the Republican Party.
I'm with you. Over the next ~22 months we all need to be aware of people like this.
Go Hunter!!
So instead of giving Rudy time to explain himself to the public over these social issues, it's better to tear him down before he has even officially declared.
I'm wary of Rudy's social liberalism; however, for someone to still run for President as a Republican knowing that this will come into play says to me that he's changed his views and has surveyed the political landscape.
Look, no Republican is going to run openly in 2008 as a pro-gun control, pro-abortion, and pro-homosexual. Now if this article was dated today instead of 2001, then Rudy shouldn't be supported by conservatives.
It would be great to get the actual quote in context rather than an excerpt from a biased source.
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