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To: Diddle E. Squat
Please explain to me what Republicans have done to overturn Roe? (And I ask this as a member of a local Republican Party Executive Council.)


37 posted on 01/17/2002 8:44:21 AM PST by antidisestablishment
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To: antidisestablishment
Please explain to me what Republicans have done to overturn Roe?

Appointed conservative judges, strict-constructionist judges, pro-life judges. These appointees are working their way up the judicial system, several now in place to be tapped for the Supreme Court. Its like a farm system in baseball. Plus several Supreme Court appointees(OK, Souter and O'Connor didn't work out on abortion, but at least she intends to stick around until Bush can appoint a conservative replacement).

Attempting to gain greater control of the House and Senate, so as to be able to pass more laws restricting aspects of abortion(since they cannot yet simply pass a law banning it).

Most importantly, attempting to sway public opinion over time. You need public opinion to pass a Constitutional amendment, to keep in office a conservative legislature that would restrict aspects of abortion, to keep a conservative administration in office that will enforce Pro-Life policies.

And we are winning the battle for public opinion, polls show that an increasing percentage of the public is against abortions. But the doom and gloom R2L crybabies always forget that, because it is a slower process than we would like, it isn't everything accomplished now.

So given the above gains we are making by voting GOP(and more that I could not think of off the top of my head), once again, please show me how staying home and allowing Democrats to be elected will do ANY of the above, much less overturn RVW? No, all it does it solidify RVW, by packing the Supremes with baby killers. If that happens, why then would the blood of those babies not be on your hands?

52 posted on 01/17/2002 9:00:07 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: antidisestablishment
As I recall, there were at least two bills to ban or severely restrict partial birth abortion that were passed by the Republican Congress, but were vetoed by President Clinton. Unfortunately, the Republican majority was not large enough to override the veto.
207 posted on 01/17/2002 1:04:47 PM PST by MEGoody
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