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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Hillary Criticizes Bush Over Abortion

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton complained the Bush administration is shortchanging family planning efforts and said that may be causing abortion rates to go up in some parts of the country.

The New York Democrat told about 1,000 fellow abortion rights supporters Monday, two days after the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, that family planning funding was a priority during her husband's administration and "we saw the rate of abortion consistently fall."

"The abortion rate fell by one-quarter between 1990 and 1995, the steepest decline since Roe was decided in 1973," Clinton told the 28th annual conference of the Family Planning Advocates of New York State, referring to the Roe v. Wade decision. "The rate fell another 11 percent between 1994 and 2000."

Asked about the Clinton criticism, White House spokesman Ken Lasaius said, "The president believes we ought to work together to promote a culture of life.

"He's made it very clear that whether we agree or disagree on the issue of abortion, that we can all work together to take practical steps to reduce the number of abortions that occur," Lasaius added.


If Senator Clinton is so interested in reducing the number of abortions in America maybe she'd like to chance her pro-abortion stance on the issues.

I don't understand these politicians who take the "make abortions legal but rare" stance on the issue. That seems like a vain attempt to get on both sides of the issue. To me there are no such gray areas in this issue. Either you're for abortions, or you're against them. Either you believe that an abortion ends a life or you believe that it is no more than a procedure to remove some excess tissue from a woman's body.

Trying to keep abortions "rare" while working to keep them legal is a self-defeating cause. As long as they are legal, they will not be rare.

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Avatar for Don Myers

Actually Rob---as you yourself pointed out---access to birth control and birth control information is a good way to reduce the number of abortions. The Talliban wing of the GOP and it’s puppet Dubya are actively limiting that access, via gag rules and underfunding.

Of course, I’m one of those heathens who think abortion is “a procedure to remove some excess tissue from a woman’s body.”

Don Myers on January 25, 2005 at 06:02 am
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I don’t understand these politicians who take the “make abortions legal but rare� stance on the issue. That seems like a vain attempt to get on both sides of the issue.

Could it be that maybe she personally feels that abortion should be reduced, but at the same time is protecting the interests of her constituents.  Or maybe her constituents want to reduce the number of abortions but keep them legal at the same time.  This is New York we’re talking about and they sure do love their abortions.  Clinton wouldn’t be a very good politician if she refused to fight for their interests.

Andrew on January 25, 2005 at 08:01 am
Avatar for Paladin

Oh c’mon Rob… you understand it, she’s l-y-i-n-g. It’s very common in political circles, and I’ve heard from various sources that Hillary is one of the best. Heck, I don’t know, but if you’d look at her voting record you might be able to more accurately predict what she might *do* in the future. 8^)

Don, you aren’t a heathen because you won’t accept the truth. But you might not accept the truth because you are a heathen. Got to get them straight my friend.

Paladin on January 25, 2005 at 11:02 am
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Don Myers says, “The Talliban wing of the GOP and it’s puppet Dubya are actively limiting that access, via gag rules and underfunding.”

Come on Don.  I start to read you as a serious commentator and then you go and say something like this.  Do you want to be taken seriously saying stuff like this?

likwidshoe on January 27, 2005 at 06:01 am
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Here is a quote from Hilary:

Clinton, speaking at a New York University forum to mark the 10th anniversary of the United Nations’ fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, said 20 million women worldwide risk unsafe abortions every year, 68,000 die and many more are injured.

I don’t believe that number AT ALL.  She is playing both sides of the fence.  I think if it is looked into, you will find that statement false.  My opinion is God doesn’t make mistakes, we do.

Helen on March 8, 2005 at 09:04 am
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