doctor's doing dozens/day maybe, but not the girls themselves.
Hmmm, until now, Novak was pushing the same argument.
I think Fred was responding in a manner that opposes the radical side of the pro-life activists who may have suggested jail. He was saying that you cannot go to the extreme with any federal laws. At least that’s how I took it.
If you criminalize something, you must jail those that break the law.
I agree with FT that I do not want my wife or daughters criminalize.
I see no error. I agree with what Thompson said.
America does not want to jail its mothers and daughters, and they know that.
Such a stance is best left alone until AFTER abortion has been made illegal, not before.
FDT knows this, sadly many who are also on the right side of the issue over all do not.
This is not about right and wrong at this point. It is about political reality and saving lives.
And because of stubbornness and lack of understanding political tactics, we are losing...
I’m pro-life. Thompson’s view that we should get strict constructionist judges, that Roe is bad law, and we should go back to the pre-Roe status quo . . . is good enough for me.
That said. Go Hunter. Breakout . . . that’s what I want.
Robert Novak,
Another old guard soldier groping for a kill shot on Thompson.
They all lose.
Further, this article is convoluted. Those opposing abortion rights often make clear (as Thompson did ) that they would not criminalize the mother's behavior. Further, abortion rights activists OFTEN accuse pro lifers of a plan to do just that.
Thompson's answer made perfect sense and was rather run of the mill. I feel very bad about the constant effort to savage everything he says.
Slightly different title, exact same article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922663/posts
The poor man's Bob Dole made a boo-boo. Too many years in Hollywood, perhaps? .... The guy's swimming like his pockets are filled with rocks.
Big flippin’ deal. I’m as pro-life as they come and I agree. If an illegal medical procedure is performed it’s the “doctor” not the patient that gets in trouble.
Then explain why Rudy & Mitt-flop are leading the polls.
The only error here is your stunning ignorance.
I agree Fred didn’t need to highlight, in effect, the fact that he’s just not that gung-ho in his dislike of abortion.
I can certainly live WITH that fact. It was basically the same degree of (lack of?) passion held by Reagan and W, and particularly so for Nixon and Bush 41.
Oh well. If there is a silver lining here for Fred, it’s that he’s honest, candid — perhaps to a political fault! — but is very unlikely to lie for political gain.
It’s the abortion provider who should be the criminal, not the women or girls.......
Who wants to live in a society where the government tells our children that there should not be any penalty for the murder of the innocent babies? Not me.
This was already posted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922663/posts
Do we have to repeat our 268 posts again?