"I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion." Bush, Dallas Morning News, 10/22/94
See http://www.rallyforchoice.com/ for a Flash movie that has an almost-funny singing Bush.
See http://www.rallyforchoice.com/ for a Flash movie that has an almost-funny singing Bush.
THERE WAS A MOMENT last month when the Bush administration overturned Roe v. Wade. You may not have noticed because it happened in Bangkok - out of sight, out of media mind. Our government went there to try to deep-six a UN agreement on family planning. After one of our delegates promoted abstinence-only education, after another warned of the risks of condoms, after a third shared her success story using the rhythm method, Assistant Secretary of State Gene Dewey took the podium. He said to the assembled: ''The United States supports the sanctity of life from conception to natural death.''
The ''United States''? Had he confused the USA with a right-to-life organization? Had he forgotten that abortion is legal in this country, protected by the Constitution?
From the outset, this administration gave the right wing domain over international family planning policy, as if the women of the world were their colony. And it paid no political price.
But after this moment, I wonder if the Bangkok drama was just a road show. Or was it an out-of-town preview for a play opening soon in our nation's capital? …
Until now, the politics have been easy. George W. Bush has been able to talk about ''a culture of life.'' But he has also, carefully, repeatedly avoided saying that he wanted to overturn Roe. He's curried to the right while trying not to frighten the suburban middle.
His ''United States'' has exported the most draconian family planning ideas. His ''United States'' has allowed the antiabortion, anti-sex education, anti-birth control right to rule our foreign policy.
Now on the 30th anniversary, push is coming to shove, foreign policy is coming home. … Ellen Goodman, A warning bell on Roe v. Wade, 1/19/2003
“We will pass the first significant pro-life legislation actually limiting abortions in 30 years,” said Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, and a leading abortion foe. “It’s been a long fight. We’re finally turning some of the battle.” President Bush has said he would sign the bill (banning partial-birth abortions). “The Republicans are controlling every branch of government, and we have now entered the anti-choice trifecta,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY.
revised March 13, 2004
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