Posted on 02/15/2016 1:44:09 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy
I did not see the most recent debates, and my in laws swear up and down that Trump SPECIFICALLY said that he supports a "woman's right to do what she wants with her own body," i.e. abortion, thus meaning he's not pro-life any any sense of the term.
Is this true?
If you haven’t seen it 417 times here yet, I’d say it’s not true.
Women’s right to choose what? A flavor of ice cream?
But seriously, no he didn’t.
Where do you people get this crap?
He said he supported Planned Parenthood because it does “all sorts of good things besides abortion.”
Of course, his support is based on a factual mistake, in that Planned Parenthood doesn’t really do much beyond give lip service to anything. All it really does is perform abortions.
But Trump is not one to let facts influence his positions.
IATZ (AFTER)
I sure didn’t hear that when I was watching.
And I was following the live thread at the same time and I would think that some FReeper would have caught it at the time.
But that’s just me. Things were moving pretty fast at the debate and on here.
No, he didn’t. But this is only Monday and he’s not yet the nominee. Give him time. He’ll eventually circle back to his original beliefs as a pro-abort.
In line with the belief of many people, Trump said that if Planned Parenthood works for women's health, then they should continue to do that. He supports PP to that extent.
Trump is clearly running this year on the position that abortion is wrong.
Now, I believe that PP does nothing for women's health. Trump's support for Planned Parenthood is contingent on the health issue. Trump has made no indication that he would support Planned Parenthood as a provider of abortions.
Then you should be for Trump, he said the abortions would not be federally funded ergo if what you say is true.....PP ceases to exists.
What you conveniently left out, was that Trump categorically stated he wants to defund the abortion part of Planned Parenthood.
Most breathing humans would take that to mean he will essentially defund Planned parenthood when it finds that out.
Of course the Crewz think it means that Trump will fund everything because it gave out an aspiring in 2009.
Why error on the side of sanity, when you can follow Cruz over the cliff.
Having watched it all, no it’s not true. Might I suggest hearing aids for your in-laws, lol.
NO....ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Because they listen to desperate candidates who are quick to lie or distort.
I don't blame the poster, but clearly an attack of lies has found purchase in some quarters.
This thread should be pulled. Having a topic like this is no different than someone opening up a thread saying:
“IS IT TRUE TED CRUZ ROBBED A BANK IN HIS UNDERWEAR?”
Garbage.
According to them, they swear they both heard him say it specifically.
I didn’t see the debates and haven’t watched them on Youtube yet, so I can’t say one way or the other.
Let me be clear—I am pro-life. I support that position with exceptions allowed for rape, incest or the life of the mother being at risk. I did not always hold this position, but I had a significant personal experience that brought the precious gift of life into perspective for me. My story is well documented, so I will not retell it here. However, what I will do with the remaining space is express my feelings about life, and the culture of life, as we approach the 43nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade.
I build things. There is a process involved in building things. We tap into a lot of disciplines with engineering being one of the most important. The rules for putting structures together are as strict as are the rules of physics. These rules have stood the test of time and have become the path to putting together structures that endure and are beautiful. America, when it is at its best, follows a set of rules that have worked since our founding. One of those rules is that we, as Americans, revere life and have done so since our Founders made it the first, and most important, of our “unalienable” rights.
Over time, our culture of life in this country has started sliding toward a culture of death. Perhaps the most significant piece of evidence to support this assertion is that since Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Count 43 years ago over 50 million Americans never had the chance to enjoy the opportunities offered by this country. They never had the chance to become doctors, musicians, farmers, teachers, husbands, fathers, sons or daughters. They never had the chance to enrich the culture of this nation or to bring their skills, lives, loves or passions into the fabric of country. They are missing, and they are missed.
The Supreme Court in 1973 based their decision on imagining rights and liberties in the Constitution that are nowhere to be found. Even if we take the court at its word, that abortion is a matter of privacy, we should then extend the argument to the logical conclusion that private funds, then, should subsidize this choice rather than the half billion dollars given to abortion providers every year by Congress. Public funding of abortion providers is an insult to people of conscience at the least and an affront to good governance at best.
If using taxpayer money to facilitate our slide to a culture of death was not enough, the 1973 decision became a landmark decision demonstrating the utter contempt the court had for federalism and the 10th Amendment. Roe v. Wade gave the court an excuse to dismantle the decisions of state legislatures and the votes of the people. This is a pattern that the court has repeated over and over again since that decision. Perhaps Roe v. Wade became yet another incidence of disconnect between the people and their government.
We are in the middle of a presidential political cycle and votes will be cast in just days. The citizens of this nation will have the chance to vote for candidates that are aligned with their individual worldviews. It is my hope that they will choose the builder, the man who has the ability to imagine the greatness of this nation. The next President must follow those principles that work best and that reinforce the reverence Americans hold for life. A culture of life is too important to let slip away for convenience or political correctness. It is by preserving our culture of life that we will Make America Great Again.
Cruz lies
Well....is it?
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