Alan Keyes, a conservative talk radio host who ran for the Republican
nomination in 1996 and is considering doing so again in 2000, said McCain
was trying to edge the Republican Party away from its pro-life stance. He
vowed to fight any change in the platform.
New York Gov. George Pataki, who supports abortion and has been seen as a
possible vice presidential nominee, recently called for the party to
remove the pro-life plank from its 2000 presidential platform.
WEBSITES OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Bill Bradley (former NJ Senator)
http://www.billbradley.com
Pat Buchanan (political commentator and former White House assistant)
http://gopatgo2000.com (Buchanan)
George W. Bush (TX Gov)
http://www.georgewbush.com
Steve Forbes (businessman)
http://www.forbes2000.com
John Kasich (OH Rep.)
http://k2k.org (Kasich)
Alan Keyes (former Ambassador)
http://www.keyes2000.org
John McCain (AZ Senator)
http://www.mccainforpresident.org
Bob Smith (NH Senator)
http://www.smithforpresident.org
Gary Bauer (Former President Family Research Center)
http://www.bauer2k.com
We have to hunt down Al Gore's website; it's somewhere, we know, but pardon us for not getting too excited about finding it. All of
the above are candidates for the Republican presidential nomination with
the exception of former NJ senator Bill Bradley and Gore. Bradley is campaigning
against Al Gore for the Democrat nod. We encourage you to investigate the
candidates and their stands on abortion and to make them aware of your
pro-life views. Both Bradley and Gore have identified themselves as pro-abortion. The others have varying shades and differences on what is "pro-life." Check them out!
Al Gore and Abortion
Vice President Al Gore's voting record in the Senate, his opposition to the ban of partial-birth abortion, opposition to the Human Life Amendment, opposition to the ban on federal funding of abortion on demand (Hyde Amendment), and promise to appoint only nominees to the Supreme Court who support Roe v. Wade ought to convince anyone that Gore is pro-abortion.
If not, let CERTL quote from Gore's speech on January 22, 1997 in Washington, D. C. at a luncheon of National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL:
"America's women have the right to choose, and no one will ever steal that right away. The right to choose is fundamental, lodged in our Constitution, affirmed by our Supreme Court. And, on behalf of President Clinton, I vow to you here, and to all listening, that we will never ever let anyone take that right away."
Re: Planned Parenthood
CERTL recently received a letter from Michigan Right to Life which reminds us of the notorious role Planned Parenthood plays in our national abortion sorrow. We quote from the letter:
"The long, dangerous tentacles of Planned Parenthood reach deep into our society. Unfortunately, very few people understand the insidious nature of Planned Parenthood and what it has in mind for our nation.
The devastation that this one organization has caused is beyond description. Planned Parenthood reeks havoc in the lives of millions of people each year including our youth.
And they do it with your tax dollars!"
......(At this point the letter cites some statistics, such as the information that Planned Parenthood has 142 affiliates; Of their 900 clinics, 130 perform surgical abortions; that Planned Parenthood owns and operates the largest chain of abortion clinics in the U. S.; in 1997, Planned Parenthood Federation of America reported an income of over a half a billion...approximately 30% of which came directly from our tax dollars; the same year (1997), the organization performed 165,174 abortions and made referrals for an additional 47,550 more; not satisfied with surgical abortion, Planned Parenthood has elaborate plans in place to push RU486, the abortion pill, as soon as it is legalized. They are already using some of their facilities for testing......
"......Since 1970 Planned Parenthood has fed at the public trough to the tune of $3.9 billion dollars in federal, state, and local tax dollars...."
"We must begin immediately to defund this dangerous organization..."
Thanks, Michigan State to Life, for reminding us.
GARY BAUER CHALLENGES DERSHOWITZ
Gary L. Bauer, President, American Renewal, asks if readers remember when Pat Buchanan, a stalwart pro-life supporter, was clobbered in 1992 for saying America was in a culture war? Bauer then asks the reader to compare what liberal professor and author Alan Dershowitz is now saying:
"A vote against impeachment is not a vote for Bill Clinton. It is a vote against bigotry. It's a vote against fundamentalism. It's a vote against anti-environmentalism. It's a vote against the right to life movement. It's a vote against the radical right. This is truly the first battle in a great culture war. And if this president is impeached, it will be a great victory for the forces of evil--evil--genuine evil. People like Congressman Barr, Senator Trent Lott, Senator Jesse Helms, who support white supremacist organizations, will claim victory over decency and decent people. And I hope that moderates out there realize even if they don't like Bill Clinton, to vote for impeachment is to vote to give their party over to the mad dogs of radicalism. That's simply how strongly so many of us feel about this."
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