19 Feb, 2007
McCain: Roe v Wade should be overturned
Posted by: Dave In: Current Affairs | Political
Republican senator, John McCain, just announced that he feels Roe v. Wade should be overturned. You know, there was a brief period of time several years ago that I had a lot of respect for this man. Since then, he has been sprinting as fast as he can to the far right of the playground. I can’t figure out why? That respect I once had for McCain has since swirled down the bowl into the sewer that is American politics.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Republican presidential candidate John McCain (news, bio, voting record), looking to improve his standing with the party’s conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned.
“I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned,” the Arizona senator told about 800 people in South Carolina, one of the early voting states.
McCain also vowed that if elected, he would appoint judges who “strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States and do not legislate from the bench.”
The landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade gave women the right to choose an abortion to terminate a pregnancy. The Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the decision, with the presence of an increasing number of more conservative justices on the court raising the possibility that abortion rights would be limited.
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Happy Monday everyone!
-Dave
