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What follows is a
press release from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), issued
Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. ET. For more information, contact
Megan Dillon (202) 626-8825,
mediarelations@nrlc.org.
KERRY CHOOSES RUNNING MATE
WITH EXTREME POSITION ON ABORTION
In response to John Kerry’s selection of John Edwards as his running mate,
NRLC Political Director Carol Tobias said, “With John Edwards, Kerry has
selected a running mate whose position is as extreme as his own, even
opposing the ban on partial-birth abortions.”
In 1999 Edwards voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and in
2003 he attacked President Bush for signing the bill, which would ban
partial-birth abortions unless necessary to save a mother's life.
"Laci and Conner's Law" would recognize unborn children as murder victims
when they are killed by criminals in violent federal crimes. This bill,
also known as the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, was enacted this year
despite Edwards' votes against it.
Edwards also voted in favor of tax subsidies for abortion on demand for
federal employees.
"During his nearly six years in the U.S. Senate, John Edwards -- like John
Kerry -- has consistently voted according to the dictates of hard-line
pro-abortion advocacy groups, and contrary to the policies favored by most
Americans," said Douglas Johnson, NRLC legislative director.
Whenever Edwards has been present to vote, he has supported the ongoing
filibusters against President Bush's judicial nominees. He voted six times
in favor of the filibuster that blocked the confirmation of Miguel Estrada,
who would have been the first Hispanic ever to sit on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia. Edwards also has voted in favor of
the filibusters of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen and former
Alabama Attorney General William Pryor, who were nominated to federal courts
of appeals.
For more specific information on Edwards' voting record on life issues,
review the U.S. Senate scorecards at the NRLC website at
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/home/
or visit http://www.nrlc.org/
NRLC is the nation's largest pro-life organization, with 50 state affiliates
and approximately 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. NRLC works through
legislation and education to protect those threatened by abortion,
infanticide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide.
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