She just adopted two small children....
I don’t know where You’re getting Your info from.
Of our two senators, I prefer Cornyn over KBH but she is far superior to anybody who has run against her.
And that has what to do with her leaning toward pro choice?
[The advice I give at the bottom would work even better for Condi Rice who could be the US’ Margaret Thatcher IMNSHO :)]
I wouldn’t be surprised if Kay Bailey (and Condi) had made a concerted effort to avoid women’s issues on purpose in order to focus on the military, international affairs, etc. Just about every woman I know would understand that once you claim “girl’s issues,” it’s a block when you want to go for the “boy’s issues.”
Kay Bailey isn’t as strong on pro-life issues as I’d like. She’s supported by WISH, hedges where possible on Roe v. Wade as “settled law of the land,” and came out way too strong on embryonic stem cell research.
Her staff tends not to be pro-life, judging by my conversations with them over the years. They deflect pro-life constituents, send out stock letters that indicate no one’s read the one it’s supposedly in response to, and shield the Senator from having to answer the tough questions.
I’ve gotten several “Mrs. N” letters at my office, when the “Dr. N.” greeting should have been very, very obvious. I never could get her endorsement when Graham and my Rep. nominated me to one of the Advisory Committees on women’s issues, and she declined all of my invitations to the meetings.
The ambivalence or pro-choice leanings of the Senator were confirmed a few years ago by one of her former staff members who was distressed over the change. She expressed this worry to both my Mama and myself.
On the other hand, she has kept her promise to follow Senator Graham’s votes on life.
She has certainly been neutral enough that it would be plausible for her to make a strong statement about life, about the lessons she’s learned that lead her to understand that life begins at conception whether in the body or the lab.