Posted on 11/22/2004 6:18:46 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- One of the leading pro-abortion groups in the country has selected a former Montana elected official as its next president. NARAL's choice comes at a time when the organization is preparing for key battles over as many as three of four Supreme Court appointments in the coming years.
NARAL announced on Friday that it has selected Nancy Keenan, from a pool of 300 applicants, as its new president.
Keenan, a former three-term Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction and former state legislator, replaces longtime president Kate Michelman and picks up the top spot from Elizabeth Cavendish, who served as interim president while the group searched for a new leader.
"The stakes have never been higher. Every branch of the federal government is dominated by powerful opponents of choice," Keenan said. "President Bush is poised to make nominations to the Supreme Court that could overturn Roe v. Wade."
In an interview with the Washington Post, Keenan called the pro-abortion view "an American value and that it is shared by women and men across the country."
Aside from the upcoming Supreme Court battles, Keenan said he primary job would be to rally young women in favor of abortion. She has her work cut out for her, as polls have shown women to be pro-life and increasingly unconcerned about keeping abortion legal.
Keenan was chosen from a poll of 300 applicants and leading abortion advocates applauded the choice.
California Representative Nancy Pelosi, the pro-abortion House Minority Leader, said Keenan would "make an outstanding president of NARAL."
"I look forward to working with her and NARAL," Pelosi said.
As a Catholic, Keenan made news in Montana with her strident pro-abortion views.
She found herself rebuked by a Catholic bishop after speaking at a rally backing abortion and there was talk of her being excommunicated from the church.
"It was a very personal experience for me having been born and raised Catholic," she told the Post. "It was very, very big."
Keenan will assume her role on December 1 and Cavendish will stay on for a time to help with the transition. Michelman stepped down as the group's president in May.
I can feel an excommunication coming on.
Dream on. More likely that Cardinal McCarrick will invite her for tea.
A Catholic ACTION ping.
Ignore every other ping from me today, but take ACTION on this one. Please.
"It was a very personal experience for me having been born and raised Catholic," she told the Post.
A "Catholic" who condones murdering the unborn is like a Jew that condones Nazism.
At least she was born.
Think of the others who she doesn't want to enjoy the same right.
Interesting. Who's the bishop? He could use our encouragement.
You're right, in principle. If the Catholic Church continues to keep its pro-life views limited to rhetoric, we'll see in excess of 70% of "Catholics" calling themselves pro-choice in a generation.
We have reached a point where the Catholic Church needs to remove the title of "Catholic" from people who abuse it and claim to practice the faith.
Not just for abortion, either...
I grew up with this devout Catholic! I am shocked and dismayed by her choices. I never knew her as as murder proponent!
"Keenan, a former three-term Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction and former state legislator,"
It amazes me how these people who are in favor of legalize baby killing can get elected to office..... and even in Montana!
Is the general public THAT uninformed?
Montana is a very small state with a LOT of government employees. It tends to be liberal in many areas.
Montana is very conservative.
In some ways, not others. Very union oriented, very democratic party oriented. The Dems won big this year.
Yes, but it is very social libertarian in much of the state. This applies to abortion, in many cases.
Guess my ideas of Montana were not right. I did think it was a very conservative state overall.
Montana is a very conservative state. The city/county that Ms. Keenan comes from, was one of only a handful of counties voting for Kerry. A very strong union area in the past and part of the area's downfall.
Guess every state has its downside...
Of course it could be the lesbian thing the Bishop was talking about.
You be the judge...
http://www.naral.org/about/nancy/index.cfm
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