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Scott Brown - Pro-Choice But 'Different' (Very much against partial-birth abortion)
Christian Post ^ | 02/01/2010 | Lawrence D. Jones

Posted on 02/01/2010 7:04:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Scott Brown of Massachusetts may have taken away the Democrats’ filibuster-proof Senate majority, but the Republican senator-elect isn’t your typical conservative.

“I am a fiscal conservative. And when it comes to issues affecting people's pockets, and pocketbooks, and wallets, I'll be with the Republicans if they are in fact pushing those initiatives," Brown said in an interview set to air Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

But there are issues on which he might break with his party – most notably, abortion.

“You are pro-choice, yes?” Barbara Walters asked Brown in the interview.

“Yes,” Brown replied, explaining later that he feels the issue “is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family.”

But Brown isn’t your typical pro-choice politician either.

“Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, but I think we need to do more to reduce the amount of abortions,” he stated. “And the difference between me and maybe others is that I'm very – I'm against partial-birth abortions. I'm against federal funding of abortions. And I believe in a strong parental consent notification law.”

Last week, Brown became the first Republican to win a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, defeating the state’s attorney general, Martha Coakley, with 52 percent of the votes. His win gives the GOP enough members to block legislation, including the current health care reform bill, in the Senate.

In his interview with Walters, Brown said, “Everyone really is the 41st senator.”

“And what it means is that now there will be full and fair debate. And there will be no more closed – behind closed doors actions,” he added.

Brown had expected to be sworn in sometime this past week, but the timing of his swearing-in still remains in question.

The waiting period for the arrival of absentee ballots has not yet been waived despite the five-point margin with which Brown won.

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin has sent a letter to the Senate clerk declaring Brown the unofficial winner of the seat.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; prochoice; prolife; scottbrown
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1 posted on 02/01/2010 7:04:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Pro-Choice But ‘Different’ as in not believing in our God-given, unalienable individual rights to Life and Liberty and self-governance. You know, those precious rights that make our nation unique from all other nations on earth.


2 posted on 02/01/2010 7:11:35 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! Just vote them OUT!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for posting this...Scott Brown is a genuine conservative who believes government has no business messing around in other folk’s private lives...unlike many who adopt a liberal viewpoint that they know what is best for others without understanding complex personal situations. What each of us decides in these situations is between us and our God, and is not for our fellow men to judge, or legislate...now let us see how many LIBERALS on this site are going to get their panties in a wad!!!


3 posted on 02/01/2010 7:15:50 PM PST by dunblak
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He will find that Hell is just as hot for the early term abortionists. Nine days into term, nine months — doesn’t matter.


4 posted on 02/01/2010 7:20:59 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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And, that too, is between man and God. We each have to answer as individuals to our Creator.


5 posted on 02/01/2010 7:38:49 PM PST by Catsrus
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To: SeekAndFind
Unfortunately, Brown's view on abortion is going to alienate him from both sides of the debate (I don't give a damn what the pro-abortionists think, I'm more concerned with how this will affect the pro-lifers).

The pro-abortionists will run ads saying he's "anti-choice," and I'm afraid that Brown is going to get up there and issue a mealy-mouth apology that will also alienate him from the pro-lifers, while the pro-abortionists will just support the Rat candidate.

Brown has a libertarian view on abortion. FReepers will flame me, but this view is a huge first step in seizing control of the debate and swinging the pendulum back to the pro-life side. Pro-lifers have been making inroads by fighting abortion by withholding taxpayer dollars, opposing the ghastly partial-birth abortion, encouraging adoptions, waiting periods, and parental-notification laws.

Holding a placard that says The End Is Near and telling others they're going to Hell (see several posts above) will just turn people off.

6 posted on 02/01/2010 7:41:11 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Your wallet: Where Democrats want to drill)
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>> Brown has a libertarian view on abortion.

Whatever.

I’m not sure what the difference is between butchering a baby to death upon birth or a few months earlier.

Pro-Choicers against partial-birth are just partially aware.


7 posted on 02/01/2010 7:52:45 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He is where most pro choice people were in the 1960’s before all the ‘pro choice’ advocates became so blatantly pro abortion.


8 posted on 02/01/2010 7:53:00 PM PST by Rippin
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To: Gene Eric
Thanks for completely misunderstanding what I said.

Did you tear your ACL from jerking your knee that hard?

9 posted on 02/01/2010 7:54:14 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Your wallet: Where Democrats want to drill)
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To: dunblak

Damn those pesky abolitionists. What each of us decides in these situations is between us and our God, and is not for our fellow men to judge, or legislate...


10 posted on 02/01/2010 7:56:21 PM PST by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: SeekAndFind
“Yes,” Brown replied, explaining later that he feels the issue “is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family.”

When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for evil.

Somehow, the supporters of the GOP never seem to grasp this simple fact.

They keep bleeting that their brand of evil is somehow better.

11 posted on 02/01/2010 7:57:34 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
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>> jerking

Nope - no jerking extremities.


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12 posted on 02/01/2010 8:02:52 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: dunblak
Thanks for posting this...Scott Brown is a genuine conservative who believes government has no business messing around in other folk’s private lives...unlike many who adopt a liberal viewpoint that they know what is best for others without understanding complex personal situations. What each of us decides in these situations is between us and our God, and is not for our fellow men to judge, or legislate...now let us see how many LIBERALS on this site are going to get their panties in a wad!!!

My right to my property ends at my neighbor's fence. A woman's right to her body ends where the child, (distinct DNA, heartbeat, brainwaves, etc...) life begins.

13 posted on 02/01/2010 8:12:50 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: SeekAndFind

Scott Brown calls himself the 41st Senator.

When it comes to the abortion issue, Scott Brown is the 99.5% pro-Roe v Wade Senator!


14 posted on 02/01/2010 8:19:03 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

‘“Yes,” Brown replied, explaining later that he feels the issue “is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family.”’

I wonder how Scott Brown would feel if 1.3 million HIS AGE were killed at random, year after year.


15 posted on 02/01/2010 8:38:50 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for evil.

No, you're voting against evil. I understand it's subtle, but still...

Brown's win was a great thing. Brown himself, not so much.

16 posted on 02/01/2010 8:39:20 PM PST by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
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To: SeekAndFind
I didn't vote for the nude-posing baby killer.

I won't vote for any other baby killer either.

The American Holocaust continues.

If we can kill humans while "safe" in mama's belly, there isn't much we won't do to each other, is there?

17 posted on 02/01/2010 8:39:21 PM PST by Boucheau
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Brown’s views are disgusting, but if you elected Mother Teresa to the Senate, you would get the same votes on the same bills.

Roe v. Wade is not going to come before the Senate in 2010.


18 posted on 02/01/2010 8:43:34 PM PST by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
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To: SeekAndFind
It does put him smack in the middle of the abortion debate: he accepts its legal but does NOT accept abortion on demand. Most Americans want tough restrictions on abortion. This position sells even in liberal Massachusetts!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

19 posted on 02/01/2010 8:54:26 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
That would be a conservative position: let the woman and her family follow their moral convictions. Left to make their own choices, people will do the right thing. And we want the government to stay out of our bedroom and out of our personal lives!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

20 posted on 02/01/2010 8:56:41 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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