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- From: pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness)
- Subject: Re: Other Flip-Floppers on abortion
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:36:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.143621.25264@hemlock.cray.com> rja@redwood26.cray.com (Russ Anderson) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Aug18.140511.17562@ncsu.edu>, dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>
- >> I think you might be able to add Bill Clinton to your list of
- >> Democrats who have changed their positions on abortion. Here's
- >> what my local paper had to say about Clinton's changing stance
- >> on abortion:
- >>
- >> "Clinton's aides, meanwhile, also have used the word evolution
- >> to describe their candidate's shift in views on abortion. As
- >> governor of Arkansas, Clinton declared that ``I am opposed to
- >> abortion.'' In 1989, he signed state legislation requiring
- >> parental notification. As a candidate for president, Clinton
- >> has moved to a more clear-cut abortion-rights position. He
- >> said he would not veto Medicaid funding of abortions for poor
- >> women."
- >>
- >> The Raleigh News and Observer, Monday, August 17, 1992
- >>
- >> It appears that the radical pro-abortionists in the Democratic party
- >> have forced Mr. Clinton to embrace a minority-held position.
- >
- >Really? Do you have any evidence to support your statement?
-
- The Democratic party's platform, which supports publicly funded
- abortions in Medicaid, Clinton's and Gore's support of such plans,
- and the refusal of the party to even let Gov. Casey speak at their
- convention.
-
- Still, Clinton's "evolution" is topped by Al Gore.
- He went from pro-life Hyde Amendment supporter in '85 to
- total no-restrictions pro-abortion-rights in '88, during
- (you guessed it) the Presidential primaries.
-
- ---
- Pat
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