Posted on 11/12/2004 9:07:10 AM PST by cpforlife.org
To: National Desk
Contact: Amber Matchen of the American Life League, 540-903-9572 or amatchen@all.org
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judie Brown, president of American Life League, issued the following statement in response to news that White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales is being considered as the replacement for U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft:
"President Bush appears to be doing all that he can to downright ignore pro-life principles. There can be no other explanation for his recommendation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general. Gonzales has a record, and that record is crystal clear.
"As a Texas Supreme Court justice, Gonzales' rulings implied he does not view abortion as a heinous crime. Choosing not to rule against abortion, in any situation, is the epitome of denying justice for an entire segment of the American population -- preborn babies in the womb.
"When asked if his own personal feelings about abortion would play a role in his decisions, Gonzales told the Los Angeles Times in 2001 that his 'own personal feelings about abortion don't matter... The question is, what is the law, what is the precedent, what is binding in rendering your decision. Sometimes, interpreting a statute, you may have to uphold a statute that you may find personally offensive. But as a judge, that's your job.' Gonzales' position is clear: the personhood of the preborn human being is secondary to technical points of law, and that is a deadly perspective for anyone to take.
"President Bush claims he wants to assist in bringing about a culture of life. Such a culture begins with total protection for every innocent human being from the moment that person's life begins. Within the short period of one week, the president has been silent on pro-abortion Sen. Arlen Specter's desire to chair the senate judiciary committee, and has spoken out in favor of a judge with a pro-abortion track record to lead the Justice Department.
"Why is President Bush betraying the babies? Justice begins with protecting the most vulnerable in our midst. Please, Mr. President -- just say no to the unjust views of Alberto Gonzales."
http://www.usnewswire.com/
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Not only morally, but constitutionally...EVEN IF ruling according to the constitution puts one at odds with Ginsburg, Suter, O'Connor, Kennedy, and Stevens.
"justices, when it comes to an issue such as this, should vote morally"
Something big is about to happen when you see justices, vote, and morally all in one sentence.
Political capital needs to be spent wisely and I am talking about our pro-life political capital. Why waste in on the AG. Use it on Specter because as head of the Judiciary he'd be a powerful force for the dark side. Keep the pressure on the Senators to "BORK Specter"
I agree that abstinence will stop kids from having sex, but getting them (or anyone)to abstain is the trick. You would have to stop almost all advertising. It just won't happen, not as long as sex sells...and how do you keep from having sex sell, it's what a lot of people do, worldwide, (except in most Muslim countries)?
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President-elect George W. Bush's White House counsel appointee, Alberto R. Gonzales, earlier this year cast the tie-breaking vote in the Texas Supreme Court against a parental consent requirement for a minor to obtain an abortion.
One of the nine judges on the high court -- who are all Republicans -- Gonzales opined without explanation in March that a 17-year-old high school girl did not have to notify her parents before she underwent an abortion. The case was the first of many "Jane Does" flooding Texas courts at all levels after the state's Parental Notification Act went into effect Jan. 1 and has resulted in uncharacteristic division among the justices.
The law was passed by the Texas legislature last year and requires that at least one parent of girls 17 and under be notified before abortions are performed on the minors. Included in the original version of the bill, however, was a provision for judicial bypass of parental notification, which supporters of the measure say was necessary to pass a constitutionality test.
"If the court finds that the minor is mature and sufficiently well informed, that notification would not be in the minor's best interest, or that notification may lead to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of the minor, the court shall enter an order authorizing the minor to consent to the performance of the abortion without notification to either of her parents or a managing conservator or guardian," the law states.
In the first Jane Doe case that opened the door to others, a trial court denied the girl's petition, saying she did not prove a high level of maturity or that abuse would result from telling her parents about her pregnancy. That decision was upheld by an appeals court, but the Texas Supreme Court sent the case back to be reheard. The process was repeated, and on March 10, the state's highest court granted the girl's petition. While Gonzales was the tie-breaking vote in the March 10 order, which was initially issued without an explanation, he said he was not the tie-breaking vote on the opinion issued days later
Cause when it comes to using the pro-life/moral values crowd, the President's political advisors are great in the locker room, but weak on the field.
Anybody who thinks otherwise is seriously naive.
Like I was saying about the Constitution Party when Peroutka actually wasted paper printing up a media release ranting against Jenna's and Barbara's Convention speech. Sometimes you have to judge an organization by its leadership. Neither the ALL nor the Constitution Party are ready for prime time.
So your suggesting that a judge, ruling against RvW (not in SCOTUS) is acting correctly?
Specter has voted for pro life judges before...The dems will filibuster,of course.
Which event?
please state your answer in the form of a question.
Please state your position more clearly, and please don't instruct me as to which literary device i should use to answer you.
It's a fundamental defect in common law has to be addressed in statutory law.
i think you mistated this sentence. Please reword it so i'll be sure what you're saying.
btw, do you believe that any statutory law that deprives citizens of their constitution, civil rights should be overturned?
Not one sentence, one question. Nonetheless, I don't understand your point - please explain.
Alberto can serve his four years as AG, but he is unacceptable as a Supreme Court nominee.
of COURSE. a judge ruling against ANY unconstitutional ruling is acting correctly. Now the appeals courts, SCOTUS, etc., won't let him have his way.
But that hardly abrogates HIS responsibility to do what is correct, and it hardly means HE's the one who is wrong.
In election years. He also does it to retain "balance" in other words he may support a pro-lifer to replace Renquist but not a pro-lifer to replace Stevens.
Judy Brown of ALL is a particularly nasty piece of work.
I actually agree 100% with her moral and doctrinal position - I am opposed to all abortions and am opposed to all abortofacient birth control methods (the pill, IUD, etc.).
But she has a political tin ear.
Which is of course why she remains on the nutter fringe and keeps losing every fight.
I agree, I am not in any way saying that teaching abstinence is a cure all, but abstinence should be included in the curriculum, along with the hazards of having sex like the STDs. I grew up in the 1950s abstinence was the word of the day.........of course sex was not sold on TV or magazines either, if one wanted to read something sexy they had to go to special stores.
We live in a much different time to be sure, but I believe there should be balance.
Yeah. Keep those Messicans out of the country and out of the government.
The real sentiments of certain posters always bubbles to the top.
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