Mike Huckabee
John Hawkins: Switching gears again, do you think we should overturn Roe v. Wade?
Mike Huckabee: "It would please me because I think Roe v. Wade is based on a real stretch of Constitutional application -- that somehow there is a greater privacy issue in the abortion concern -- than there is a human life issue -- and that the federal government should be making that decision as opposed to states making that decision.
"So, I've never felt that it was a legitimate manner in which to address this and, first of all, it should be left to the states, the 10th Amendment, but secondly, to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous." (Interview with RightWingNews)
John McCain
“I don’t think a constitutional amendment is probably going to take place, but I do believe that it’s very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should — could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support. . . . I’m a federalist. Just as I believe that the issue of gay marriage should be decided by the states, so do I believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return to the states." - (This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 11-19-06)
Mitt Romney
"My own view is that abortion is not right," said Romney, who said the procedure is only appropriate in cases of rape, incest or to protect a mother's life. "But states should be able to make their own decisions rather than have a single pronouncement by the federal government." (Sacramento Bee, 3-15-2007)
"I believe that each state should be able to make their own choice as to whether they are pro-life or pro-choice." (Hardball with Chris Matthews, 12-12-2005)
Ron Paul
“Once we allow federal control over abortion, we lose the opportunity for states to enact pro-life legislation. Numerous states already have laws that punish the act of murder against a fetus. Our focus should be on overturning Roe and getting the federal government completely out of the business of regulating state matters. All abortion foes must understand that the real battle should be fought at the state level, where grassroots respect for life can influence state legislatures. . . . Our goal must be to restore respect for the Constitution and states' rights.” (Paul press release, 4-30-2001)
Fred Thompson
Senator Thompson has said that the federal government should not be involved in the issue of abortion. He does not believe that early-term abortions should be criminalized. He feels instead that this is a battle that must be won in the hearts and minds of the American people. (from the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library)
Each and every one of these men is at odds with the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments, and the Reagan pro-life platform. They threaten to tear out the heart and soul of the Republican Party. They are unmoored from the founding American creed.
Again, that is what this election is about.
And again, that's why I support Alan Keyes. He has never wavered in his support of, and eloquent advocacy for, the primary reasons for our nation's very existence.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men..."
Fred Thompson:
"I've always thought that Roe v. Wade was a wrong decision, that they usurped what had been the law in this country for 200 years, that it was a matter that should go back to the states. When you get back to the states, I think the states should have some leeway. I might vote against one approach, but I think the states ought to have it. Essentially, federalism. It's in the Constitution." - Source: Fox News "Hannity & Colmes" interview Jun 6, 2007
Here's what's actually "in the Constitution":
Preamble
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The Fifth Amendment
"No person shall be...deprived of life...without due process of law..."
The Fourteenth Amendment
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
“Senator Thompson has said that the federal government should not be involved in the issue of abortion.”
That is because he believes (correctly) that it ought to be a state issue, not a federal one.
The candidates below don’t believe that the right to life is God-given and therefore unalienable. They mistakenly believe that states’ rights trump the unalienable right to live. They’re the modern equivalent of Stephen A. Douglas in 1858:
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I have a question for you. Would you be in favor of a global government that would ban abortion for everyone in the whole world?
There were few laws on abortion in the United States at the time of independence, except the common law adopted from England, which held abortion to be legally acceptable if occurring before quickening. James Wilson, a framer of the U.S. Constitution, explained as follows:
Your statement saying certain candidates do not believe that the right to life is unalienable, and then including FRed Thompson’s name, is a distortion, and perhaps, an outright lie.
FRed’s position is based on the Constitution itself. His personal position is anti abortion.
Please make yourself aware of the below, then retract your attack on FRed’s good name.
“With consistency, beautiful and undeviating, human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law. In the contemplation of law, life begins when the infant is first able to stir in the womb. By the law, life is protected not only from immediate destruction, but from every degree of actual violence, and, in some cases, from every degree of danger.”
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=831
Amen!!!
To view Dr. Keyes speaking at the 40th commemoration
of America’s first abortion law - passed and signed in Denver
April 25, 1967 -
www.coloradorighttolife.org