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Sounds like she believes like Betty Ford, Barry Goldwater and even the churches at the time:
"Betty Ford's beliefs—and her willingness to speak publicly—sometimes created controversy. In August 1975, she appeared on the television show "60 Minutes," repeating her support for the ERA and calling the Supreme Court judgment in Roe v. Wade "a great, great decision."
Inconvenient - I know.
"Republican governor Ronald Reagan signed the California Therapeutic Abortion Act, one of the most liberal abortion laws in the country, in 1967"
"New York, under Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a Republican, eliminated all restrictions on women seeking to terminate pregnancies"
" Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Gerald Ford, and George H.W. Bush were all pro-choice, and they were not party outliers. In 1972, a Gallup poll found that 68 percent of Republicans believed abortion to be a private matter between a woman and her doctor. The government, they said, should not be involved."
Sorry, you people......the troops that want a theocracy - are the outliers. They are the current American Taliban....mostly males trying to force their views on women....for no reason other than politics.
"Perhaps more surprisingly, the right to abortion was forcefully supported and advanced by the Protestant clergy. The Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CCSA), which was established in 1967, not only counseled pregnant women about their choices, it enlisted physicians to perform abortions. One of these, who is featured in the film, was Dr. Curtis Boyd, a gynecologist and Baptist minister now in his eighties. He began his practice in Texas at the behest of the CCSA"
Would you like me to continue?
"Goldwater, influenced by his wife Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater, supported women's rights to abortions. Goldwater's advocacy and support for reproductive rights assisted in the foundation of the Planned Parenthood chapter in Phoenix, Arizona, and for national policies promoting birth control and abortion rights."
This issue is simply made up.....because, frankly, the right doesn't have any legs to stand on any longer. They always need to act as if they are better than others, so this provides them a pat on the back....from themselves and for themselves.
Goldwater was a 'libertarian', not a conservative.
Reagan became pro life later on.
None of these Republicans you mentioned were crazy like the woman in the video.
50 percent of babies who are aborted are female. Your women's rights spin for the pro abortion position doesn't work for you.
We can't be oppressing women by supporting more of them in the world and believing their life has value and should be protected.
I'm just quoting history. Most every Republican - and Goldwater is known as the Father of the Conservative Movement (not a libertarian) was for the decision being between a woman and her doc. Period.
Sorry it upsets you so. But those are the facts.
Sure, they waffled when the Preachers totally took over the party.
Thanks for allowing me to point out some basic history in this thread. As Goldwater said, these things have been happening since the beginning of time and they will happen until the end of time also.
Perhaps you didn't notice that Ireland even allows personal decisions.
Say what you will, you are talking theocracy - and the end of personal liberty. I don't desire to control others since I am a Liberal. I'm sorry that you people are so into locking people up for the Drug War and keeping pot illegal (Trump.Session, et al) and doing away with even the more private matters.
As I have said, I think it's simply one of the last legs you feel you can stand upon...and you really can't even stand upon that since it's likely that as many "republican and independent" women use birth control and other things even tho their religions ban it.
It's all about control of others. Sorry.
Inconvenient that even the Church set up clinics...but at least it shows what most of us know. Your type wants to take us backwards...not forward.
It's pretty obvious when the Right throws 7 Million people off health insurance in just a few short years...that they could care less about "life".....to say nothing of the cheering on her when food stamps are denied to those needy children.
Sorry, I don't buy it. Not for a second. Never have and never will. Find some targets who don't think for themselves and who have not had actual life experiences.
"Let em die" is the rally cry of the GOP. They are proud of it. They see poor people dying early as Darwinism at work.
Neither of the women are crazy. They are pro choice and have a right to free speech.
Nobody has said they can't speak freely. I think it is leftists who want to take away speech from conservatives.
I have the right to criticize their position.
I didn't watch the other one but the actress does have issues.
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