Palin VP choice puts Roe v. Wade in campaign spotlight
August 30th, 2008‘Democrats warn women that high court — and abortion rights — is at stake’
From MSNBC.com:
The response of Democratic leaders to John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate seems to send a consistent message: beware of Republican efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade. Anti-abortion forces are pointing to Palin’s son Trig as evidence that McCain is reaching out to pro-life voters.
While Palin would not likely have any role in choosing Supreme Court nominees if McCain wins the presidential election, his choice of her as a running mate sent a reassuring message to anti-abortion forces in the Republican Party.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council noted that Palin and her husband had learned while Palin was pregnant with her son, Trig, born in April, that the baby would be born with Down’s syndrome.
“In an era when over 80 percent of Down’s syndrome babies are aborted, the Palins feel they have been extremely blessed by God to raise ‘an absolutely perfect’ son,” Perkins said. “Gov. Palin continues to use her testimony to advance protections for unborn children.”
See also: McCain’s VP choice reassures evangelicals — Associated Press
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September 13th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I am happy that Sarah Palin and her daughter had the right to make the choices that they made. I hope those were the right decisions from themselves and their families. Neither my wife nor I have had to make such choices but we have friends who have had similar decisions to make. Some of the individuals whom I know chose to have abortions in similar situations. I also am happy that my friends and acquaintences had the right to choose abortions. Very few individuals choose abortions for trivial reasons.
August 30th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Not enough.
While I’m glad to see her love her family, everything about her party’s policies says she doesn’t give a rip about mine.