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To: muawiyah; cripplecreek
First principles first ~ Steele is full bore Right to Life. The other stuff is second.

Not exactly "full bore" - you don't remember this controversy:

The choice issue cuts two ways. You can choose life, or you can choose abortion. You know, my mother chose life. So, you know, I think the power of the argument of choice boils down to stating a case for one or the other,” Mr. Steele said. The exchange then went as follows, starting with GQ: “Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?” “Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice.” “You do?” “Yeah. Absolutely.” Mr. Steele then elaborated that he thought “Roe v. Wade — as a legal matter, Roe v. Wade was a wrongly decided matter,” which prompted Miss DePaulo to ask: “But if you overturn Roe v. Wade, how do women have the choice you just said they should have?” Mr. Steele responded. “The states should make that choice. That’s what the choice is. The individual choice rests in the states. Let them decide.” Though the former Maryland lieutenant governor always has said he is pro-life and won the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee in his U.S. Senate run in 2006, he often has been viewed with suspicion by pro-life conservatives. For example, he helped found the Republican Leadership Council with pro-choice Republican Christie Whitman. In a 2006 interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he said he thought Roe should be followed as settled law and would not say he’d support a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Read more: Abortion a 'choice,' Steele tells GQ - Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/12/abortion-a-choice-steele-tells-gq/#ixzz2C4hMehWo Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

73 posted on 11/12/2012 8:50:55 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat
The cold hard fact is THE LAW requires us to give the women choice. So, if you want to discuss the 'what is' rather than the 'what ought to be' you will get those sorts of discussions.

I think the law is wrong and we need to become much more aggressive in changing the law ~ use any means ~ in fact ~ if the killers won't bend.

However, the other side has all the guns which makes precipitate action very dangerous.

So, how do you stand on that?

85 posted on 11/13/2012 5:30:18 AM PST by muawiyah
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