The fact that Politico, which recently has drifted off into MSNBC-style attack “journalism” suddenly loves Ron Paul should tell you all you need to know of him.
Is Ron Paul really pro-life? He opposed Congressional legislation outlawing the transportation of minors by non-parents to bring them to states where they didn’t need parental or judicial consent to get abortions. That’s right folks: Ron Paul believes your STATE-FUNDED TEACHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SMUGGLE YOUR KIDS OUT OF STATE TO GET ABORTION.
How’s that for small government?
How could a libertarian possibly favor state employees smuggling kids out-of-state to get abortions? Insanely, Ron Paul argues the Tenth Amendment prevents Congress from interfering.
WRONG, RON PAUL.. Hideously, profanely, stupidly (or simply deceitfully) wrong. This is actually the exact sort of thing that the interstate commerce clause was created for: the federal government regulating the trade of goods or services (in this case, abortion provision) because by their very nature, the states are incapable of enforcing their own just laws.
Ron Paul and Cynthia McKinney... they make different speeches, but their actions are all too often the same.
Ron Paul voted against a bill which would allow seniors to avoid health care plans which pay for abortions … He abstained from the Unborn Child Pain Awareness bill, helping it to fail … He voted against a bill to prevent state workers and others from bringing other people’s children across state lines to obtain abortions in avoidance of judicial or parental notification laws … and he voted three times to weaken the proposal … He voted against providing legal protections for unborn children killed in violence … He failed to vote against denying federal funds to Planned Parenthood … He voted against a ban on human cloning.
THESE ARE NOT THE VOTES OF SOMEONE WHO CONSIDERS ABORTION STATE-SANCTIONED MURDER.
Ron Paul voted against a bill which would allow seniors to avoid health care plans which pay for abortions … He abstained from the Unborn Child Pain Awareness bill, helping it to fail … He voted against a bill to prevent state workers and others from bringing other people’s children across state lines to obtain abortions in avoidance of judicial or parental notification laws … and he voted three times to weaken the proposal … He voted against providing legal protections for unborn children killed in violence … He failed to vote against denying federal funds to Planned Parenthood … He voted against a ban on human cloning.
THESE ARE NOT THE VOTES OF SOMEONE WHO CONSIDERS ABORTION STATE-SANCTIONED MURDER.