Posted on 02/18/2008 5:45:17 AM PST by NYer
Steubenville, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Former president Bill Clinton made a campaign stop for Hillary in Steubenville, Ohio on Sunday and found himself greeted by more than 100 pro-life students from nearby Steubenville University. According to eye witnesses accounts, Clinton lost his temper and lashed out at the pro-life students during the speech.
Clinton's heated response came after being questioned on his support of abortion-on-demand.
"I gave you the answer. We disagree with you," Clinton said about the position he and Hillary Clinton hold on abortion.
Clinton relied on the old argument that pr-life advocates want to put women in prison, even though abortion bans have never targeted women because they are a second victim in the abortion process.
"You want to criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree,” he said of the pro-life advocates.
“If you were really pro-life, if you were really pro-life, you would want to put every doctor and every mother as an accessory to murder in prison. And you won't say you want to do that because you know that because you know that you wouldn't have a lick of political support,” he added.
Clinton claimed his police and those that Hillary Clinton supports are doing more to reduce abortions even though both have steadfastly opposed bills to limit abortions, such as a ban on partial-birth abortions not spending taxpayer money on abortions.
“Now, the issue is you can't name me anybody presently in politics that did more to introduce policies that reduce the number of real abortions instead of the hot air putting out to tear people up and make votes by dividing America,” he said.
Billy Valentine, one of the Franciscan University of Steubenville students who helped organize the protest, told LifeNews.com that he was surprised Clinton would go to Steubenville after hundreds of students told John Kerry he was wrong on supporting abortion.
“Perhaps national Democrats will finally realize that they can't take the heat from Steubenville pro-life students," he said.
"I have been amazed by the stupidity of these pro-abortion Democrats who think they can come campaign anywhere near Steubenville, especially after the utter embarrassment John Kerry went through in 2004 when he came here,” he added.
Later, Clinton said Hillary should become the Democratic nominee because she will stand up to pro-life advocates.
“This is not your rally. I heard you. That's another thing you need is a president, somebody who will stick up for individual rights and not be pushed around, and she won't,” he said.
I can see giving the mother immunity in order to stop the illegal abortionist, especially in the early years of abortion being made illegal on the basis that the unborn are declared persons. But what about a mother who aborts on her own, and for whatever reason, there is evidence? If such a woman is automatically defacto un-punishable the Industry of Ghouls will shift their focus from an abortionist performing abortions on mothers to mothers performing clandestine abortions on themselves with the speed of evil. It’s all about the baby slaughter to these scum, and giving mothers immunity even if they are the sole murderer will be exploited by them.
Freegards
You may have a point there: I can’t see the post-Roe future. There has always been do-it-yourself abortion in the sense that a woman could find a recipe for a feticide tea in a herbal formulary -— pennyroyal, black cohosh, blue cohosh, quinine -— or pickle or parboil herself in some kind of toxic bath. Read accounts of abortions in the 1920’s and ‘30’s.
Now as always, the Church must teach in all seriousness that the guilt of such a crime will burden the soul and torture the conscience here and hereafter. If we understood the spiritual world we would all abhor our sins against our begotten children and our God.
You are correct in that there has always been ways to murder the unborn, but it is only recently that it has become industrialized, efficient and open. Just imagine the possabilities with today and tomorrow’s technology combined with a desperate and publicly thwarted abortion industry. If they can help women easily murder their unborn by themselves they will do so—it’s all about the baby slaughter.
“Now as always, the Church must teach in all seriousness that the guilt of such a crime will burden the soul and torture the conscience here and hereafter. If we understood the spiritual world we would all abhor our sins against our begotten children and our God.”
Amen. The Church must teach. The new Pope seems pretty cool, and I hope things are looking up in that regard. I often wonder what would have happened if Rome would have called for a general strike by Catholics and other Christians when abortion first started to be legalized in this country, and backed it up with very public and noisy excommunications.
Freegards
Oh, the irony.
He looks bad enough in photos—I can only imagine how much worse he is in person.
With the kind of life he’s led—sexually promiscuous, cocaine addiction, etc.—I don’t know why he’s not dead yet.
Not even the devil wants him.
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