Students for Life Press Release Describes Clinton Fracas
Sunday, Students for Life released the following press release regarding the confrontation that occurred in Ohio when Bill Clinton was asked why he supported abortion:
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO - Agitated after being greeted by over a hundred pro-life students at a rally in Steubenville tonight, Clinton lost his temper yet again after losing his cool at an Obama supporter in Canton, Ohio. This time, Clinton lashed out during his speech at the pro-life students:
"I gave you the answer. We disagree with you," Clinton said. "You wanna criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree. I reduced abortion. Tell the truth, tell the truth, If you were really pro-life, if you were really pro-life, you would want to put every doctor and every mother as an accessory to murder in prison. And you won't say you wanna do that because you know, that you wouldn't have a lick of political support. Now, the issue is who, the issue is, you can't name me anybody presently in politics that did more to introduce policies that reduce the number of real abortions instead of the hot air putting out to tear people up and make votes by dividing America. This is not your rally. I heard you. That's another thing you need is a president, somebody who will stick up for individual rights and not be pushed around, and she won't."
Clinton's heated response came after being questioned on his support of abortion-on-demand. The outburst is on YouTube and is also being reported by MSNBC.
"Perhaps pro-abortion politicians will finally realize that they can't hide their views from pro-life students," said Billy Valentine, one of the Franciscan University of Steubenville Students for Life members who helped organize the protest of over 100 students. "Our generation is pro-life. It is amazing that these pro-abortion politicians think that they can continuously support the killing of millions of unborn children and no one will express their dissatisfaction. They think they don't ever have to answer questions about their pro-abortion policies or the money they receive from pro-abortion lobbying organizations. This generation will no longer tolerate these types of politicians, their rhetoric, or their pro-death policies," said Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life of America.
What Bill Clinton and other pro-abortion politicians--including his wife-- fail to realize is that pro-lifers see the mother of an aborted child as a victim of abortion as well. No one wants to make the mothers of these children criminals.
As for reducing the number of real abortions, the Clinton administration did very little to address abortion. In fact, nearly all abortion related policies established by his administration promoted abortion on demand. His administration even tried expanding abortion on demand through the failed Clinton Health Care Plan (which was headed, of course, by Hillary Clinton.)
So much for reducing abortions.
In my book, which is currently the equivalent of a hefty paperweight since a publisher hasn't picked it up, I address Clinton's record:
On his third day in office, Bill Clinton “issued executive orders overturning the pro-life directives of the Reagan/Bush Administrations, thus making abortions easier to obtain and putting the Administration on a course of promoting abortions worldwide.” These executive orders included ordering U.S. military facilities overseas to provide abortions and restoring U.S. funding to abortion organizations in foreign nations. “His administration declared abortion to be a ‘fundamental right of all women,’ and ordered U.S. ambassadors to lobby foreign governments for abortion.” The Clinton Administration also ordered “appointees to facilitate the introduction of RU486 in the U.S.”
One of President Clinton’s first acts in office was to establish a task force to develop a health care reform plan. First Lady Hillary Clinton chaired the taskforce that intended to “’mainstream’ abortion on demand as ‘ordinary’ health care and ultimately lead to officially sanctioned infanticide and involuntary euthanasia by rationing care.” The Clinton Health Care legislation eventually died.
How this man can say-- with a straight face-- that he sought to reduce abortions is a question for the ages.
