Abortion Double Standards

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 8, 2004 | Editorial

[OESY]

John Kerry explained his views on abortion last weekend to the Telegraph Herald of Dubuque, Iowa. "I oppose abortion, personally," he said. "I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception. But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist . . . who doesn't share it."

Mr. Kerry seems to be trying to re-assure voters that his personal religious beliefs on abortion will not influence his policy-making (an assertion borne out by his 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America). And that's fair enough. We only wish that he and many of his fellow Senate Democrats would give the same benefit of the doubt to President Bush's judicial nominees who are privately opposed to abortion but say they will uphold Roe v. Wade as the law of the land.

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Mr. Holmes -- who was narrowly confirmed 51-46 after a wait of more than a year -- is an anti-abortion, conservative Catholic. He was attacked by Democrats who argued in effect that his orthodox religious views made him unfit for the federal bench. Mr. Kerry was absent for the Holmes vote, but he has voted against other allegedly anti-abortion nominees, including joining last year's filibusters of Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen.

The message here seems to be: Liberals will keep their private views private, but conservatives cannot be trusted to do so. If Mr. Kerry's Catholic beliefs don't disqualify him from becoming President, and they shouldn't, then the same religious beliefs of conservative judicial nominees shouldn't disqualify them from serving as federal judges.

[Rummyfan]

From yesterday's Ann Coulter on John Edwards:

She speaks to you through me and I have to tell you right now – I didn't plan to talk about this – right now I feel her. I feel her presence. She's inside me, and she's talking to you."

Well, tell her to pipe down, would you? I'm trying to hear the evidence in a malpractice lawsuit.

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde on the death of Little Nell, one must have a heart of stone to read this without laughing. What is this guy, a tent-show preacher? An off-the-strip Las Vegas lounge psychic couldn't get away with this routine.

Is Edwards able to channel any children right before an abortionist's fork is plunged into their tiny skulls? Why can't he hear those babies saying, "Let me live! Stop spraying this saline solution all over me!" Edwards must experience interference in channeling the voices of babies about to be aborted. Their liberal mothers' hands seem to muffle those voices.

[BlessedAmerican]

I'm betting that somewhere on the campaign trail someone is going to ask the very question you posed. I just hope there is some conservative camera around to catch the moment and I also hope I am able to view it on my conservative only tv!!! thx Blessings

[Spok]

"I believe life does begin at conception."

So he believes abortion ends a life, but it's a religious and personal decision? Unbelievable. But don't expect the NOW broads to get their panties in a wad over it-they know he's lying.

[OESY]

Good post. I missed Coulter yesterday.

[OESY]

"I believe life does begin at conception."

Wasn't Kerry's quote: "I believe life does begin at deception," or am I engaging in self-fulfilling prophesies?

[jmaroneps37]

This gaff by lurch may be much more deadly to his campaign than is now being acknowledged.
In the early days of the fight against abortion. Those of us on God's side had to be careful about using the word
"murder" to describe abortions. It was a very harsh word that tended to lose us as much support as we gained.
"Murder" has been on the shelf for many years. Nevertheless,
with John Kerry's admission that he believes that "life begins at conception" seems to open the door to using "murder". If knowing that a human life starts at conception, and still working for the destruction of that life, is not murder what is it?

[joesnuffy]

Some leader eh?.....believes abortion is murder...but wont 'impose' this view on the nation
because we need to 'respect' the 'views' of those who believe in 'murder'.....
The great 'tolerator'.....how much filth and evil will he tolerate?......
If his past is any indication....quite a bit I'm afraid.....

[KansasGirl]

The new lib talking point I've heard is that life doesn't equate to personhood.

[Lou L]

Isn't it disingenuous how Kerry is personally against abortion, believes that a fetus is a person, but won't try to legislate his morality? Aren't all laws based in some type of morality anyway? Aren't crimes such as theft, perjury, and murder all rooted in the Ten Commandments?

[coloradan]

"I don't like guns. I believe people have the right to gun "safety." But I can't take my socialist belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Jew or a redneck or an American . . . who doesn't share it."

There's your double standard right there.

[maica]

But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist . . . who doesn't share it."


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Legislators DO make laws on principles of morality, laws which are imposed on every person.

Judges are supposed to make decisions based on laws that have already been made, NOT their personal views.

Yet the 'no principles' leftists fear having judges who have personal pro-life views, while saying it is okay for legislators.

[trebb]

Exactly - someone ought to ask him if he thinks murder, in general is wrong. After all, "Thou shalt not kill" is in the Bible and therefore qualifies for the same argument. Are we to think that he would be OK with repealing murder laws and penalties because he "doesn't want to impose...."???