No Exceptions
ABC News is reporting that John McCain has reversed his position on changing the Republican party’s abortion platform:
McCain’s plan to take a hands-off approach with the abortion platform stands in stark contrast with the position he took during his first presidential run.
Back in 2000, McCain clashed with then-Gov. George W. Bush over his unwillingness to change platform language that called for a human life amendment banning all abortions.
McCain implored Bush to join him in wanting to add exceptions for rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother.
It’s disappointing to see the “maverick” capitulating to the far-right in his party. I think this is about as extreme a position as one could hold today and still be considered a mainstream politician.
In my experience, there is no counterbalance to this on the left. Even talking with people from Planned Parenthood, I’ve yet to me anyone who was pro-abortion. Their focus is on reducing the number of abortions while providing options for women.
So the idea that McCain is at best, OK with, maybe even in favor of government forcing a women who became pregnant as a result of rape to continue her pregnancy, is pretty shocking to me.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
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September 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Where do I even start?!? This completely non-moderate hypocrite is selling out all American women to avoid “aborting” his own campaign. Disgusting! And perhaps, some anti-choice women think I could never be referring to them….but does the gov’t have the right to FORCE a woman to give birth if it means her own demise? What if she is leaving behind other children? Who will raise the child she just had? It’s so ridiculous it’s maddening. And these conditions, in my opinion, have nothing to do with a woman’s right to choose, they are merely for the sake of GOP argument. You don’t just start “un-doing” amendments of the constitution. Although a bevy of other abuses have been thrown at it (suspending writ of habeas corpus, ignoring due process and other patriot act follies), so I guess the GOP sees no problem here.