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What a day yesterday! The overriding good news was the
enormous turnout of young people at the March for Life in
Washington, D.C. Even the pro-abortion Washington Post's
story was (aptly) headlined, "A Youthful Throng Marches
Against Abortion."
And the President's remarks were a model of inspiration.
Like everyone else in the gigantic crowd, I was deeply
moved. (See below and Part Two.)
But unfortunately there was also bad news. NRLC-endorsed
Fred Thompson, a strong pro-lifer, dropped out of the race
for President.
Heading into the January 29 Florida primary, Thompson's
departure leaves four major GOP candidates: Sen. John
McCain, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and pro-abortion former New
York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
For all the uncertainty about who will be the Republican
nominee, there reminds for pro-lifers a stunning overall
clarity to the race for the White House. Giuliani is
unabashedly pro-abortion and must not be allowed to snare
the Republican nomination and all three Democratic
candidates are hyper-pro-abortion--one just as bad as the
other.
As we've often talked about in this space, Sen. Clinton,
Sen. Obama, and former Sen. Edwards dual for the mantle of
the candidate pro-abortionists ought to love the most. To
that end Clinton's campaign issued a statement yesterday on
its web site with the headline, "On Anniversary Of Roe,
Hillary Announces Agenda For Reproductive Health Care"
The statement quotes Hillary as saying the following:
"When I'm President, I will appoint judges to our courts
who understand that Roe v. Wade isn't just binding legal
precedent, it is the touchstone of our reproductive freedom,
the embodiment of our most fundamental rights, and no one -
no judge, no governor, no Senator, no President - has the
right to take it away." Naturally, a couple of paragraphs
later, she links this abortion-now-and-forever statement to
"honest and complete sex education and expanded access to
contraception and family planning."
The statement also highlights the continuing laying on of
hands by a veritable who's who of the Abortion
Establishment. Clinton has now been endorsed by a rogue's
gallery of militant pro-abortionism: WCLA - Choice Matters,
National Organization for Women PAC, EMILY's List, Women's
Campaign Forum, National Women's Political Caucus, and the
Women's Political Committee.
Part Two is the complete
text of President Bush's remarks yesterday to the March for
Life. Let me conclude Part One with this memorable excerpt
from President Bush's last remarks to a March for Life from
the Oval Office.
"Building a culture of life requires more than law; it
requires changing hearts," the President said. "And as we
reach out to others and find common ground, we can see the
glimmerings of a new America on a far shore.
"This America is rooted in our belief that in a civilized
society, the strong protect the weak. This America is
nurtured by people like you, who speak up for the weak and
the innocent. This America is the destiny of a people whose
founding document speaks of the right to life that is a gift
of our Creator, not a grant of the state. …
"As you give voice to the voiceless I ask you to take
comfort from this: The hearts of the American people are
good. Their minds are open to persuasion. And our history
shows that a cause rooted in human dignity and appealing to
the best instincts of the American people cannot fail."
Tomorrow we'll talk about the raft of Oscar nominations
for the movie, "Juno."
