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"Abortion an issue in
Senate races"… No kidding? Part One of Three By Dave Andrusko Good evening, and thanks for reading Today's News & Views. Part Two examines an interview with a Democratic pollster trying to figure a way to praise ObamaCare and run away from it at the same time. Part Three talks about the second defeat of the bogus "DISCLOSE Act." Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), Wesley Smith discusses how Donald Berwick continues to refuse to answer questions. Luis Zaffirini offers another fascinating explanation of how pro-lifers can use information-gatherers to get our message out more efficiently. And then there is the inspirational story of Marc Buoniconti. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today todaveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha.
I'm aware, of course, that reporters don't usually write the headlines on their stories--and that since Associated Press stories are carried in newspapers all over the country, the headline would change anyway. But "Abortion an issue in Senate races"… no kidding? Since it's Friday and I want you to read ALL of TN&V and National Right to Life News Today, I'd like to make just two quick observations.
First, David Crary understandably puts a lot of emphasis on the "unusually large contingent" of very talented, very pro-life female Republican Senatorial candidates who are faring very, very well. This all-star line-up includes Carly Fiorina in California, Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, and Sharron Angle in Nevada. Something I didn't know until I read this story was how personal abortion is to Carly Fiorina. "She says her views derive in part from her inability to have children and her husband's own life story," Crary writes.
"'I believe in the sanctity of life," she said in a television interview. "In my particular case, my mother-in-law was told to abort her child, who became my husband. She chose something different, obviously, and that made all the difference in her life and mine and certainly his." Second, in all the quite reasonable interest in and attention paid to female pro-life candidates, what almost always gets lost is that there many pro-life guys running for the Senate. (For obvious reasons, most stories talk about the 34 Senate races--it's easier than dealing with 435 individual House contests.) Crary addresses this in the final paragraph. "Rival advocacy groups have chimed in with endorsements in other races featuring Republican candidates opposed to abortion and Democrats who favor abortion rights." Those "other races" include (although unnamed) Ron Johnson in Wisconsin and Dino Rossi in Washington as well as Roy Blunt and Pat Toomey.
And of course there are many, many more, who are not mentioned, including Ken Buck in Colorado, Marco Rubio in Florida, Jerry Moran in Kansas, and Rob Portman in Ohio, to name just a few. It was only a matter of time before more women, who are more pro-life according to all polls, would take up the mantle in defense of unborn children. Indeed, 2010 IS turning out to be a "defining moment." |
