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Planned Parenthood Sings Praises of Rudy Giuliani Speech on Abortion
LifeNews.com ^ | May 14, 2007 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 05/14/2007 11:17:05 AM PDT by cpforlife.org

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Rudy Giuliani isn't doing himself any favors on abortion by upsetting pro-life Republican voters will constant reminders that he's pro-abortion. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards isn't helping him either as she lavished praise on the former New York City mayor over a speech he gave Friday. Last week, Giuliani appeared in Houston for a campaign stop and told voters there that his record as New York mayor and his dealing with issues like terrorism and crime made him the best candidate for president.

He said Republicans should support him on that basis even though he disagrees with most members of his party by supporting abortion and wanting to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.

"If we don't find a way of uniting around broad principles that will appeal to a large segment of this country, if we can't figure that out, we are going to lose this election," he said.

Richards praised the comments in a press release LifeNews.com obtained.

“It's encouraging to see that the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president supports the right to make personal private health care decisions free from government intrusion," she said.

"Giuliani's principled stand disproves the old-school belief that you have to check your convictions at the Presidential primary door," Richards added.

She warned that "Giuliani is pro-choice and at the front of the pack" claimed that "the days of the anti-choice strangle-hold on the Republican Party are numbered."

But, Republican voters have previously turned away pro-abortion candidates from capturing the primary nod, including former California Gov. Pete Wilson and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. Republicans haven't had a pro-abortion nominee since Gerald Ford in 1976.

Polls have also shown that abortion is a winning issue for GOP presidential candidates.

Post-election polling after the 2004 presidential elections found that President Bush's pro-life stance gave him an edge over pro-abortion Sen. John Kerry.

A 2004 Wirthlin Worldwide post-election poll found that 42 percent of voters said abortion affected the way they voted for president. Twenty-four percent of voters cast their ballots for President Bush while 15% voted for Kerry, giving Bush a 9 percent advantage on the issue of abortion.

Eight percent of voters in the Wirthlin poll indicated abortion was the "most important" issue affecting their votes and Bush won among those voters by a six to two percent margin, leading Kerry by four percentage points among the most intense abortion voters.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; cultureofdeath; endorsedbykillers; giuliani; giulianitruthfile; moralabsolutes; murder; prolife; rudy08; rudy2008
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1 posted on 05/14/2007 11:17:09 AM PDT by cpforlife.org
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To: Jim Robinson

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2 posted on 05/14/2007 11:18:02 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: mimaw

Courtesy ping.


3 posted on 05/14/2007 11:18:37 AM PDT by Petronski (You made it to mile 13, Cy! Well done!)
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To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...

Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

4 posted on 05/14/2007 11:18:43 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: cpforlife.org

Rudy will drop out soon. He has just shot himself in both feet.


5 posted on 05/14/2007 11:20:29 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: cpforlife.org; Jim Robinson
She warned that "Giuliani is pro-choice and at the front of the pack" claimed that "the days of the anti-choice strangle-hold on the Republican Party are numbered."

Stranglehold? I thought it was a boot to the neck.

6 posted on 05/14/2007 11:20:48 AM PDT by Petronski (You made it to mile 13, Cy! Well done!)
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To: cpforlife.org

Won’t this hurt the feelings of the anyone-but-Hillary crowd?


7 posted on 05/14/2007 11:21:32 AM PDT by farmer18th
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To: cpforlife.org
If we don't find a way of uniting around broad principles

Rudy has united quite a bit around "broad principles," and has, in fact, married three of them.
8 posted on 05/14/2007 11:23:12 AM PDT by farmer18th
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To: cpforlife.org
If we don't find a way of uniting around broad principles

Rudy has united quite a bit around "broad principles," and has, in fact, married three of them.
9 posted on 05/14/2007 11:23:22 AM PDT by farmer18th
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To: Petronski
Stranglehold? I thought it was a boot to the neck.

We can both strangle them and put a boot on their necks.

Pro-lifers are very limber folks.

10 posted on 05/14/2007 11:24:39 AM PDT by dirtboy (A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
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To: cpforlife.org; 230FMJ; 49th; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; ...
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11 posted on 05/14/2007 11:25:03 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: cpforlife.org

Who owns Planned Parenthood? I’m sure that ownership is buried several layers deep but somebody(s)are making a fortune off of baby murder.

I would think by now someone has ferreted out the names of these monsters.


12 posted on 05/14/2007 11:25:54 AM PDT by Let's Roll (As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
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To: dirtboy

I’m going to need some yoga.


13 posted on 05/14/2007 11:26:25 AM PDT by Petronski (You made it to mile 13, Cy! Well done!)
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To: Petronski

I don’t like yogurt. It gives me gas real bad.


14 posted on 05/14/2007 11:27:10 AM PDT by dirtboy (A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
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To: Petronski; All
Rudy is DIS-qualified:

A disqualifying issue is one which is of such gravity and importance that it allows for no political maneuvering. It is an issue that strikes at the heart of the human person and is non-negotiable. A disqualifying issue is one of such enormity that by itself renders a candidate for office unacceptable regardless of his position on other matters.

FIVE such disqualifying issues are: Abortion, Euthanasia, Fetal Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning, and “homosexual marriage”.

Ghouliani disqualifyies himself on EACH ISSUE.

He's also out on RKBA.

But he could have a future at Planned Parenthood.

15 posted on 05/14/2007 11:27:51 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: cpforlife.org

Any friend of Planned Barrenhood is an enemy of mine...and of millions of unborn babies.

As a Catholic conservative, I believe it would be a mortal sin to vote for Rudy Giuliani.


16 posted on 05/14/2007 11:27:54 AM PDT by Palladin ("Eenie-weenie chili-beanie, the spirits are about to speak"--Rev. Al Sharpton)
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To: farmer18th; cpforlife.org
Won’t this hurt the feelings of the anyone-but-Hillary crowd?

If we learned anything last month on the bug-zapper thread, it was that most of the "anyone-but-Hillary" crowd was actually the "not-another-conservative" crowd as evidenced by the fact that Rudy was they only acceptable candidate for any of them.

17 posted on 05/14/2007 11:28:59 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: cpforlife.org

My guess is that Rudy is sticking to his Pro Abortion stance based largely on a past history of a former lover of his having an Abortion. There may even be a letter or voice message of Rudy truing to convince his lover to have an abortion.

Just Speculation..


18 posted on 05/14/2007 11:29:22 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: MHGinTN
BIG PING
19 posted on 05/14/2007 11:30:29 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: cpforlife.org

Has Rudy been endorsed by NARAL?


20 posted on 05/14/2007 11:30:58 AM PDT by 50mm (algore uses 20 times as much energy as me)
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