Posted on 02/08/2002 5:29:26 PM PST by IM2Phat4U
Dear Baby,
You are getting this message because one of your U.S. Senators sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. To speak out against Judge Charles Pickering, the current anti-choice judicial nominee, simply reply to this message and hit "send".
On Thursday, February 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its second hearing on the nomination of Judge Charles M. Pickering, Jr. to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. At the first hearing on October 18, 2001, Judge Pickering's answers did not shed sufficient light on his position on reproductive choice. At yesterday's hearing, Judge Pickering's testimony failed to assure the American public that he will safeguard the rights to privacy and reproductive choice.
Judge Pickering's record reveals deep-rooted opposition to reproductive rights and hostility toward other civil rights. Judge Pickering poses a clear and present danger to all people's participation in the economic, social and political life of our nation. President Bush's judicial nominees should all come with a warning label: 'Beware...May Be Hazardous to Women's Health and Civil Rights.' Judge Pickering is no exception.
Because the overwhelming majority of cases are decided by the lower federal courts, it will be the judges on those courts--like Judge Pickering--who determine the future of the federal courts and their role in protecting individual rights, including privacy and reproductive freedom.
The letter that will be sent to your Senator is included below:
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I am writing to you to oppose the nomination of Mississippi federal district court judge Charles M. Pickering, Sr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Throughout his career, Judge Pickering has demonstrated hostility towards reproductive rights:
-In 1984, when Judge Pickering was the president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, he presided over a meeting where the Convention adopted a resolution calling for legislation to outlaw abortion except when necessary to preserve a woman's life.
-In 1979, as Mississippi state senator, Judge Pickering voted for a resolution calling for a constitutional convention to propose an amendment that would have banned abortion.
-In 1976, Judge Pickering chaired the subcommittee of the Republican Party's Platform Committee that adopted a plank calling for a constitutional amendment that would have overruled Roe v. Wade. Judge Pickering spoke in support of that plank on the floor of the Republican convention that year.
Because the overwhelming majority of cases are decided by the lower federal courts, I am concerned that judges appointed to these courts be committed to safeguarding the rights to privacy and reproductive choice as set forth in Roe v. Wade and the earlier Supreme Court decisions upon which Roe rests. At his hearings before the Judiciary Committee, Judge Pickering failed to assure the American public that he supports Roe v. Wade and that he will fully protect a woman's right to choose.
I implore you not to confirm Judge Pickering. His record reveals deep-rooted opposition to reproductive rights and hostility toward other civil rights, and he has failed to assure the American people that he will protect their basic freedoms. Judge Pickering poses a clear and present danger to all people's participation in the economic, social and political life of our nation.
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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I thought you had to be alive first in order to do those things?
Nah, we are firmly committed to the rights of every living person, which is why we (rightfully) despise Planned Parenthood and their ilk.
Planned Parenthood weeds out undesirables, chiefly blacks, hispanics, and the poor.
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Must be a typo. They left out the word "murderer", as in "Dear Baby Murderer"
Exactly. Their little holocaust will have major consequences down the road both financially and spiritually, for this nation.
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