Kay Bailey Hutchinson: Roe was rightly decided (Abortion is a Constitutional Right)

Senate Roll Call Vote ^ | 3-12-03 | Hutchinson herself

[TitansAFC]

Kay believes in a woman's right to choose.

She openly favors abortion rights.

She believes that Roe was rightly decided.

She believes the Constitution guarantees a woman's right to have an abortion.

Kay Bailey Hutchinson is Pro-Choice, and OPENLY so.

DO NOT LET HER SUPPORTERS TRY AND SLIP THIS ONE BY YOU:

KBH is Pro-Choice, she is PRO-CHOICE She is PRO-CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DogBarkTree]

I Here ya, however:
Kay Bailey Hutchison on Abortion

Voted YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (Oct 2007)
Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
Rated 7% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
Rated 75% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion. (Dec 2006)

Kay Bailey Hutchison on Immigration

Voted NO on continuing federal funds for declared “sanctuary cities”. (Mar 2008)
Voted NO on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
Voted NO on eliminating the “Y” nonimmigrant guestworker program. (May 2007)
Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
Voted NO on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
Voted NO on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997) Rated 75% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance. (Dec 2006)

My 3 big issues are 1. WOT 2. The borders 3. TAXES

[manic4organic]

Is Palin pro-life?

[TitansAFC]

It is hard to find someone in America more Pro-Life than Sarah Palin.

[TitansAFC]

Start with post #12, then google.

KBH is hardcore Pro-Roe.

[tobyhill]

***To express the sense of the Senate concerning the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade.***

A sense of the Senate isn't worth the time it took to record the vote.

I'm not a Hutchison fan but I'm not convinced she's really pro-choice.

http://www.issues2000.org/Social/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_Abortion.htm

Hutchison scores 75% by the NRLC on abortion issues
OnTheIssues.org interprets the 2006 NRLC scores as follows:

0% - 15%: pro-choice stance (approx. 174 members)
16%- 84%: mixed record on abortion (approx. 101 members)
85%-100%: pro-life stance (approx. 190 members)

[NonValueAdded]

The post could have been better but the link does lead to a roll call vote where the Harkin Amendment (S.Amdt. 260 to S. 3) was agreed to by a 2 vote majority, Hutchinson's being one of them along with the usual handful of RINOs (chaffee, Collins, Snowe). I think that is telling because the vote was so close. There is no way with that vote to don the pro-life mantle.

I note that Biden skipped the vote. Trains not running that day?

[TitansAFC]

Well then let’s just take Bob Casey, eh?

[Federalist Society]

I saw her on Larry King last night and the only thought I had was, “Please don't pick her for VP.” She was uninspiring and I kept thinking that Biden would wipe the floor with her. Surely there are stronger VP candidates out there then KBH.

[ravingnutter]

Border issues? Then you need to see Post #24 on this thread. KBH gutted the Secure Fence Act of 2006. I then posted more info at #142 for a doubter.

Don't let her fool you.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well that should probably quash any talk of Veep for her. Now, about that run for governor...

[Penny]

As one who lives in the state whose values she has failed MISERABLY to represent, I urge calls to McCain's headquarters to discourage any more talk of this 10-faced ughhgerly who actually favors opening the borders even more to an invasion of laborers and high-tech folk alike.

The ones on FreeRepublic who like the idea simply do not know her and should do their own research. A woman on the ticket for the sake of putting one there is WRONG-HEADED!

Regards . . . Penny

[fatima]

Wow,All the guys will vote for Palin.

[SoConPubbie]

My 3 big issues are 1. WOT 2. The borders 3. TAXES

Well maybe, like non-social conservatives during Reagan's time, you can lower yourself to respect the Social Conservatives desires as well, because they don't disagree with you on your issues.

[tobyhill]

Yea right!

Hutchison shouldn't be VP but I would like to see a Pro-life woman as VP. Hutchy is a mixed bag but I wouldn't go as far to say she's pro-choice based on a sense of the Senate vote.

[ravingnutter]

Palin is very much pro-life. From one of my previous posts (#89):

Palin showed a committment to her pro-life conservative principles by not bowing to the pressure to abort her mentally-challenged child. Rarely are one's convictions borne out by real-life circumstances, but Palin showed she's willing to live her beliefs.

[NonValueAdded]

Does this unconvince you?:

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) offered an amendment to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S. 3) stating, "It is the sense of the Senate that the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)) was appropriate and secures an important constitutional right; and such decision should not be overturned."

She was one of nine republicans voting FOR that amendment. She agrees that there is a Federal Constitutional RIGHT to an Abortion. How does she reconcile that with being pro-life???

[laweeks]

“KBH is Pro-CHOICE, she is PRO-CHOICE She is PRO-CHOICE!”

You mean she’s PRO-ABORTION, PRO-ABORTION.

I’m PRO-LIFE, PRO-LIFE

They’re never given a “choice.”

[TexasCajun]

John Cornyn would be the far better Conservative candidate.

But we all know what MeCain thinks of real Conservatives.

KBH is a MeCain Republican, not a Conservative.

[cowtowney]

to clarify, her name is Hutchison, not Hutchinson.

KBH is a RINO. She is in the pocket of big airlines (read American Airlines) to the BIG detriment of her voters.

She recently pushed through a restriction on flights from Love Field in Dallas whereby Southwest Airlines has to wait 8 years to fully open up flights all over the country from Love. The agreement called for REDUCING gates to restrict competition, which of course drives up prices for the little people. It also called for tearing down a new terminal so another airline could not use it. Further, the agreement calls for area cities to oppose new airports that would compete with Love. Thanks Kay Bailey.

Second, she is now involved in trying to prevent the US Govt from auctioning off slots at NY airports. Government officials say the plan will allow market forces to reduce inefficiencies and make air travel more reliable. She is joined in this effort by fellow democrats Chucky Schumer (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-Wash).
American Airlines and Continental Airlines are some of the biggest carriers at these airports. Employees and officials of both carriers are or have been contributors to Hutchison.

Thanks again, Kay Bailey. You forget that you work for the voters, not the airlines.

[grellis]

Thanks for posting this. Hubby and I were discussing it just the other night. He was skeptical when I said KBH was pro-choice, couldn’t believe a Texas Republican could be anything but pro-life.