pro-choicemusings - April 2008
Pro-choice activists yawned at the "news" that John McCain was endorsed yesterday by Wisconsin Right to Life. After all, the guy has been one of the most extreme anti-choice votes in Congress - voting against birth control, abortion rights, and reproductive health care 125 out of 130 times over his Washington career.
McCain, contrary to the image his cynical marketing juggernaut has created, is neither a moderate, nor a maverick. (Discuss amongst yourselves.) Not when it comes to reproductive rights and women's health.
Let's look more closely at the REAL McCain: In 2006, McCain co-sponsored the Federal Abortion Ban, a law that criminalized some abortion services even when a woman's health was endangered. In this campaign, McCain put it more bluntly than Bush ever did, saying, "I do not support Roe v. Wade. I think it should be overturned." These are not the words of a moderate candidate - the vast majority of Americans support Roe and do not want to go back to the bad old days of back-alley abortions where women were treated like criminals. Read More »
McCain, contrary to the image his cynical marketing juggernaut has created, is neither a moderate, nor a maverick. (Discuss amongst yourselves.) Not when it comes to reproductive rights and women's health.
Let's look more closely at the REAL McCain: In 2006, McCain co-sponsored the Federal Abortion Ban, a law that criminalized some abortion services even when a woman's health was endangered. In this campaign, McCain put it more bluntly than Bush ever did, saying, "I do not support Roe v. Wade. I think it should be overturned." These are not the words of a moderate candidate - the vast majority of Americans support Roe and do not want to go back to the bad old days of back-alley abortions where women were treated like criminals. Read More »
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