Posted on 09/10/2008 3:47:37 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- With all the hoopla of the Democratic and Republican conventions and the selection of pro-life running mate Sarah Palin, a McCain statement on abortion appears to have gone unnoticed. Glamour magazine indicates John McCain repeated his position that Roe v. Wade should be reversed.
The women's magazine conducted an interview with the presidential hopeful on July 30 and included the abortion-related clip on its web site on August 30.
Asked whether he would "actively seek the demise of Roe v. Wade," McCain confirmed that and said he will not change from that stance.
"So let me make my point clear again. I thought that Roe v. Wade was a bad decision, and I continue to believe that," he told the magazine. "That's my position."
The magazine attempted to ask a follow-up, but McCain interrupted and restated his position again.
"No, no. That's my position. And that will remain my position," he confirmed.
McCain's campaign web site has indicated for many months that the Arizona senator wants to overturn Roe and allow states a chance at legally protecting women and unborn children.
"John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench," it says.
"Constitutional balance would be restored by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, returning the abortion question to the individual states. The difficult issue of abortion should not be decided by judicial fiat," the McCain campaign site continues.
McCain has stated his support for reversing Roe as far back as November 2006.
McCain appeared on the ABC News program "This Week" and responded to a question from host George Stephanopoulos, saying, " 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."
In February 2007, McCain restated his position, telling 800 voters at a campaign stop in South Carolina, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."
McCain also said he would only appoint judges for key federal posts and the high court who would “strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States and do not legislate from the bench.”
That position is the destruction of the very foundations of American liberty, and the undoing of the Union.
Yours is the Stephen A. Douglas Democrat position, and the Gerald R. Ford position.
There's a difference that will affect McCain's thinking. Judges have actual power.
John McCain sealed the deal for me on this when he announced Sarah Palin. Her selection gives him a great deal of credibility that he will make the same excellent appointments to the federal bench as he did for VP.
All conservatives, all Christians, all Pro-Lifers, all Red blooded Americans must unite and support the McCain Palin ticket.
Pro-Life PING
Please FreepMail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.
Why? So, McCain can corrupt us like he's in the process of corrupting the rest of the conservative "leadership" in America?
Fact is, corruption of mind and spirit has to have already taken hold before you'll even consider giving your blessing and support and political cover to a man like John McCain, who has done more damage to the cause of restoring decent Constitutional government in this country than any other single person.
SUUURE.
All Conservatives MUST vote for their Soros funded betrayer.
All Christians MUST vote for their most vocal critic in the right-side camp.
All Pro-Lifers MUST vote for the author of McCain-Feingold which was designed particularly to shut them up... the guy who tried often to REMOVE the Pro-Life Plank from the party platform, who is one of the greatest proponents of Planned Parenthood on the Right, and who, as this article declares, can only claim his new found "solid" support for reversing R v. W since November, 2006.
He has NO credibility on this issue, and I am DEEPLY offended that you would grant him any. What utter pap!
There is only one outcome possible this election. McCain or Obama.
Obama is beyond unacceptable.
McCain selected Palin and has reiterated his stand against Roe. I'm voting FOR McCain in large part because of Palin.
2 or possibly 3 Supreme Court Justices will most likely retire within the next four years. Palin increases my belief that McCain will make excellent appointments.
McCain may well be the POTUS who's SCOTUS ends Roe.
What will y'all say if his SCOTUS overturns Roe and much of the other garbage from the past decades? It's at least a 50 50 possibility.
McCain/Palin is the hand we've been dealt and yes I believe we MUST support them. All you two are doing is bitching, which got old a long time ago. We'll all hold McCain accountable like we did with Amnesty. But first we must defeat Nobama and get McCain Palin in office. Yes we MUST.
Under the circumstances I will run, not walk to the polls to vote for McCain/Palin.
And frankly my dear roamer I don't give a damn if you are offended by my post.
I promise not to post to either of you two if you don't post to me.
So is McCain.
McCain selected Palin and has reiterated his stand against Roe. I'm voting FOR McCain in large part because of Palin.
Palin doesn't change anything. McCain is still the presidential candidate, and it is the Soros funded McCain machinery which will set the tone if McCain is elected.
Palin increases my belief that McCain will make excellent appointments.
A belief based on airy promises more than on factual record.
What will y'all say if his SCOTUS overturns Roe and much of the other garbage from the past decades?
What will you do when he doesn't?
It's at least a 50 50 possibility.
Based on what? Promises? His sudden "conversion" in 2006 (much like Romney)?
It is much more likely that he will do something more in line with what his "good friends" Clinton, Kennedy, Feingold, and Lieberman would have him do; not to mention his financiers George Soros and Ketchup Kerry...
All you two are doing is bitching, which got old a long time ago.
All you are doing is surrendering. I am doing plenty. The only difference is that I am supporting actual Conservatives, not a socialist traitor.
As for my bitching, it will continue as long as a Reagan Conservative can stand on FreeRepublic and speak the truth. Especially where it concerns McCain and any smarmy bullcrap that he is a pro-life/ pro-Christian pick, or a libertarian pick, or a pro-security/ anti-amnesty pick, all of which are outright lies, so blatant and misleading, that I refuse to stand quietly by and let the TRUTH be trampled underfoot.
You may get as googley-eyed as you please over Palin if you wish, and I will let it slide, but I will fight tooth-and-nail against any attempt to make John "the Traitorous Bastard" McCain out to be some white knight of the Pro-Life movement, which HE MOST DEFINITELY *IS NOT*. *Ptooey*
I am reassembling all my McCain/Abortion stuff and my McCain/Christian stuff as of tomorrow and will respond accordingly to any thread thus posted, beginning with what I do know I have here on this machine for any reader who may be uninformed.
But first we must defeat Nobama and get McCain Palin in office. Yes we MUST.
No, we must *NOT*.
I promise not to post to either of you two if you don't post to me.
Whatever turns your crank. I will, however, post the TRUTH about McCain to ANY McCain/Pro-Life thread, and reserve the right to debate anyone on he matter, and will.
McCain was asked whether he would reinstate the Reagan era rule that prevents international family planning clinics that receive federal funds from discussing abortion. “I don’t believe they should advocate abortion with my tax dollars,” McCain said, adding that he opposed abortion except in cases of rape and incest. He was then asked how he would determine whether someone had in fact been raped. McCain responded, “I think that I would give the benefit of the doubt to the person who alleges that.” Source: New York Times, p. A17 Jan 25, 2000 McCain said he thought Roe v. Wade should be overturned and said he would support exceptions to a ban on abortion in cases of rape, incest, and when the mother’s life is in danger. Source: Boston Globe, p. A11 Jan 22, 2000 McCain said, “I’d love to see a point where Roe vs. Wade is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary. But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade, which would then force women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.” A spokesman said that McCain “has a 17-year voting record of supporting efforts to overturn Roe vs. Wade. He does that currently, and will continue to do that as president.” Source: Ron Fournier, Associated Press Aug 24, 1999 Rated 75% by the Nat'l Right to Life (2006) NRLC website 06n-NRLC on Dec 31, 2006 Ontheissues.org: McCain on Abortion NRLC Executive Director David N. O'Steen, Ph.D., commented, "In contending that legal abortion is 'necessary' and that Roe v. Wade should not be overturned because it would 'force' women to undergo dangerous illegal abortions, McCain parroted arguments of the pro-abortion movement. A candidate who argues that legal abortion is 'necessary' is not a pro-life candidate." NRLC.org: "McCain Makes Conflicting Statements on Abortion" By NRLC Federal Legislative Office 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. STEPHANOPOULOS: And you’d be for that? MCCAIN: Yes, because 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. And I don’t believe the Supreme Court should be legislating in the way that they did on Roe v. Wade. McCain Unequivocally Supports Federalist Solution to Abortion The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) regards McCain-Feingold as a major hindrance to its mission of pro-life advocacy--and, pari passu, McCain himself as something close to a personal enemy. Weekly Standard: "The Right to Life Lobby vs. McCain" by Charlotte Allen
As recently as April 2007, McCain told ABC News that he wants to keep the pro-life platform. But he has called for changing it to allow abortions in the very rare cases of rape or incest.
And from the 2000 election campaign:
Asked by CNSNews.com after a town meeting in this ocean-side community what the change would be, McCain responded, "I would be glad to have it changed to allow abortions in the case of rape, incest and the life of the mother." CNS News.com: "McCain Calls For Change in GOP Abortion Plank" By Jerry Miller, 27 January, 2000 Arizona Senator John McCain said on Wednesday that he would like to see a change in the Republican Party's abortion plank.
Shall we look at McCain's position in 1999?
In a telephone interview Friday, McCain called for the party to revert to its 1980 platform on abortion, which opposes abortion but recognizes differing views on the issue among Republicans. "I'm for going back to the platform as it was in 1980. I believe we are an inclusive party and we can be so without changing our principles," McCain said. McCain is the first GOP presidential candidate to say the party platform should be changed. [...] The 1980 platform calls for a constitutional amendment to protect fetuses but it also recognizes "differing views on this question among Americans in general and in our own party." Euthanasia.com: "McCain Urges GOP to Back Off on Pro-Life Platform" (Source:The Pro-Life Infonet) WASHINGTON -- March 1999 -- Republican presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain is calling on his party to alter its platform on abortion.
McCain is no defender of Life.
Have you seen Jim Robinson’s recent post declaring his support for McCain/Palin?
I asked you a question. Answer it and stop wasting time with idiotic retorts.
"I place before you life and death. Choose life."
--God
No law which permits murder, whether created by judges or the people themselves, has any real, objective status.
To paraphrase St. Thomas, an immoral law is no law at all.
Our only moral obligation, in such cases, is to ignore and overturn the law.
Thanks!!
You are absolutely correct. Repubs for Choice support him.
He wants the abortion decision made at the state level, even
though no state has the authority to allow Jews to be gassed,
blacks to be owned or abortionists to carry out their deadly
trade.
He believes children whose fathers are criminal rapists deserve
the death penalty.
Mc Cain doesn’t respect the 5th and 14th amendments any more
than he does the 1st !!
Vote Keyes/Rohrbough for an electoral decision your conscience
can live with.
Oh yes and he also promotes the dissection of and
experimentation on our tiniest boys and girls for
“science” !!
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