misspoken and that he supported the Hyde Amendment,
Posted on 04/06/2007 8:24:56 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R), who has formed a presidential exploratory committee, on Wednesday said he favors government funding for some abortions but added in a statement that he "will not seek to change current law," Long Island Newsday reports (Gordon, Long Island Newsday, 4/4).
"Ultimately, [abortion is] a constitutional right, and therefore, if it's a constitutional right, ... you have to make sure people are protected," Giuliani said in an interview with Dana Bash of CNN (Saltonstall, New York Daily News, 4/5).
Giuliani's campaign later issued a statement that he will not seek to change the law known as the Hyde amendment (Long Island Newsday, 4/4). The Hyde amendment, passed in 1976, forbids the use of federal funds to pay for the cost of an abortion except in cases of rape or incest or when a woman's life is in danger (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 8/19/05).
In response to reporters' questions on Thursday in South Carolina, Giuliani said, "The best way to handle funding is to follow the law," adding, "Federal funds are used only in very limited cases for abortion, and it is left for a state-by-state decision. I have expressed previously that I am very comfortable with that" (Santora, New York Times, 4/6). Giuliani on Tuesday reiterated his support for abortion rights but said, "I don't know that I'd do anything as president to try to preserve that. That's a decision for the court" (Balz, Washington Post, 4/5). Earlier this year, Giuliani said he would appoint "strict constructionist" judges to the Supreme Court.
In a February interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, he also said that a law (S 3) being reviewed by the Supreme Court that bans so-called "partial-birth abortion" should be upheld and that he supports parental notification requirements with a judicial bypass provision for minors seeking abortions (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 3/14). On Thursday, he said that his comments about judicial appointments were not an indication that he would like to see Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively barred state abortion bans, from being overturned, the AP/Forbes reports (Davenport, AP/Forbes, 4/5). "I'm against abortion," Giuliani said, adding, "I hate it. I wish there never was an abortion, and I would counsel a woman to have an adoption instead of an abortion. ... But, ultimately, I believe it is an individual right, and the woman can make that choice" (Saltonstall, New York Daily News, 4/6).
What was his "previous position?"
bump!
What he says matters, except for lemmings.
Staying home last time really worked well for all of us didn’t it, you really taught us all a lesson.Single issue voting is futile.
The rep party has no right to anyone’s vote. And many of us will not vote for someone as liberal as Rino Rudy.
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I've never stayed home. I've voted in every state and national election since I was eligible. This is one of the issues that defines Giuliani, like it or not.
Thank goodness Rudy tried to sue 11 gun manufactures, is in favor of Sodomite unions, an adulterer, doesn't want to prosecute illegal aliens and wants to federally fund abortions so I can't be accused of that.
But let's take this to the extreme. If Lincoln Chaffe, Chris Shays or Michael Bloomberg won the republican primary would you still vote for them? At what point do we become lemmings? Do you have ANY issues at all that would prevent you from voting?
The RINOs think it is unimportant - they are going to find out otherwise.
If the constitution guarantied slavery, would Rudy support that also?
They tried that “he has to obey the law” angle yesterday.
I asked some of them what they thought of him disobeying federal law by not reporting illegal aliens because of new york’s “sanctuary city” policy.
For some strange reason, none of them wanted to answer that question.
I am and an overwhelming majority are not demanding perfection. But in the case of Rino Rudy he is so liberal he might as well be a rat. He would have a better chance winning in their primary then ours. That might want to tell you something. I for one will never fvote for this loser.
Sorry I didn’t’t realize how far out there you really are if you believe all that about Rudy.
I don’t want to see either Hillary or Giuliani as president.
In addition to all the social issue problems Rudy has this statement shows us a serious flaw in his judgment/diplomacy skills. You have to question the judgement of any man who is trying to get the GOP nomination and says things like “Abortion is a constitutional right.” Think it if you want but to say it in those words shows arrogance, ignorance or some sort of political deathwish.
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