Posted on 12/29/2011 8:10:29 PM PST by mnehring
American Right To Life calls it politics as usual when Ron Paul tried to mislead pro-life voters by signing a pledge that he actually rejects. Just in time for the 2012 Iowa caucuses Paul pledged that he will "endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children." But then he contradicted his pledge by stating, "I can't agree that the Fourteenth Amendment has a role to play here."
"Shockingly, Ron Paul agrees with the central finding of Roe v. Wade itself," says Darrell Birkey, director of research for American Right To Life, "that the constitutional protection of human rights does not apply to unborn children." And Birkey adds, "Ron Paul as president would defend a fictitious right of states to legalize the murder of children, but any country that permits kids to be intentionally killed is not even civilized."
"Ron Paul is not who he claims to be," says Lolita Hanks, president of American RTL. "Paul is pro-choice, state-by-state. He believes states should be allowed to keep abortion, which is like allowing states to keep slavery." Thus as president, Paul would refuse to enforce the 14th amendment, which declares, "No State shall… deprive any person of life… without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." (See more at AmericanRTL.org/constitution.)
"Today's pro-life movement is strong and growing, not weak and willing to accept whatever we can get," says Hanks. "We're not going to swoon because Ron Paul or any other candidate merely claims to be pro-life. Either Ron Paul will use governmental authority to stop the slaughter of children, or he is just another worthless politician." SOURCE American Right To Life
This in and of itself is enough for anyone to back away from him. I think he is dangerous!!!!
I always thought that the Dennis Kucinich nuts were bad but it seems we have far more of them on our side.
Argh....
RON PAUL! RON PAUL!!!!!!!!......Yea right you frigging morons.
Ross Perot, Ross Perot!!!!
WooHoo!!
Now you just know that one or more of paul’s great defense team is gonna say exactly that. And after that, we’ll be told that we are simply to stupid to understand a great conservative mind like ron paul’s.
ron paul, streetcorner gynecologist.
and too too
“.......he is just another worthless politician.”
That is exactly what he is.
..but, but, Ron Paul was a combat OBGYN in Vietnam who delivered the only bi-racial baby in the history of the universe.
“.......he is just another worthless politician.”
That is exactly what he is.
I believe that the 14th Amendment should be construed to protect the unborn.
The question I have is this. How can the Supreme Court prevent states from allowing it?
It’s not like an unborn child can take the mother and Dr. to court to get an injunction.
The only way to do this is for Congress to make it a federal crime to violate the civil rights of the unborn.
A reversal of Roe would essentially leave it up to each state absent protections for the unborn passed by Congress.
Makes me wonder how pro-life conservatives can support him?
More from the Americans for Life site:
http://prolifeprofiles.com/ronpaul
Excerpt:
Ron Paul wants to be pro-life but is officially pro-choice state by state, and so contradicts himself and wrongly assumes that states’ rights supersede human rights, concluding that a state like California has the right to permit abortion. But the right to life is God-given so there can be no ‘right’ to decriminalize child killing.
Now come on, the central (made up) find of Roe was that the freedom to have an abortion is a US constitutional right. That is why it nullified all state abortion laws on the books. If all it did was what was stated above abortion would still be illegal in many states.
Ron Paul is a right-wing Lyndon Larouche.
10,000 dollars Right to life is backing Romney.
You can pay that bet to the next FReepathon, I'll ping Jim so he can follow up with you on payment. American Right to Life has also failed Romney. They have Bachmann and Santorum as the best candidates.
http://americanrtl.org/node/125
zot. you lose.
Another WRong Paulist bites the dust. ZOT!
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Ron Paul is a feeble-minded boob who thinks the world of himself. His worshippers commonly say things like "If you support the Constitution you HAVE to support Ron Paul," which is a non-starter.
I can't stand him.
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