FRED is still Pro-Life...despite the twisted position the headline puts him in!
Can you explain how someone who believes abortion should be legal is pro-life?
But he {Thompson} also told the Eagle Forum in a 1994 questionnaire, “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized. This battle will be won in the hearts and souls of the American people.”
In a candidate survey the same year for The Tennessean newspaper, Thompson said that states should have the right to impose “reasonable restrictions on abortions such as parental notification.” But he said, “The ultimate decision on abortion should be left with the woman and not the government.” http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289422,00.html
Documents The Tennessean located in Thompson’s Senate archive at the University of Tennessee show:
• On a 1996 Christian Coalition survey, he checked “opposed” to an amendment to the U.S. Constitution “protecting the sanctity of human life.”
• He included a handwritten clarification: “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized. This battle will be won in the hearts and souls of the American people.”
• In 1996, asked by the Memphis group FLARE (Family, Life, America, Responsible Education Under God Inc.) if human life begins at conception, Thompson circled “N/A.”
“FRED is still Pro-Life...despite the twisted position the headline puts him in!”
What twisted position? That is exactly what Thompson said.
Pro-life must have a different meaning now-a-days than it used to then.
Yes, Fred is PRO-LIFE. The twisted headlines are for the idiots that do not READ or listen. Fred was excellent on “Meet the Depressed” this morning. Russert is a JERK, there is no other word for him.
As for an amendment, all that needs to be done is for Congress to tweak the 14th Amendment. “the rights of the unborn”
Enough of legislations, laws, and other Big Federal Government Intervention. Amend a couple of items here and there, get rid of old laws, give the States back the right to make most decision and CUT BIG GOVERNMENT.
When Conservatives start screaming for more laws, I raise my eyebrows and question their Conservativism.
>>>FRED is still Pro-Life...despite the twisted position the headline puts him in!<<<
Perhaps mildly Pro-Life. He says he’s unabashed in his Pro-Life stance, but frankly, he’s not riding a white stallion into this charge. More like a Shetland pony and a wooden sword.
Federalisms is no excuse to ignore the wording of the 14th Amendment and leave this up the individual states. Either you believe the unborn are human and protected under the 14th, or you don’t and support abortion. That’s the way I see it. The word is pretty freaking clear:
>>nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;<<
The Constitution pretty plainly speaks against the federalist outlook that Thompson takes on this issue. This is absolutely a federal issue.
another personally opposed but ..... grrrrrr!!
**FRED is still Pro-Life...despite the twisted position the headline puts him in!**
Totally agree!
Makes me wonder if a Romney or Giuliani person wrote the article????