April 18, 2007
Clinton's Statement
Washington, DC -- "This decision marks a dramatic departure from four decades of Supreme Court rulings that upheld a woman's right to choose and recognized the importance of women's health. Today's decision blatantly defies the Court's recent decision in 2000 striking down a state partial-birth abortion law because of its failure to provide an exception for the health of the mother. As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account. It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito."
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Lincoln's emancipation proclamation in 1865 marked a dramatic departure from the ruling laws of the past 100+ years that allowed the ownership of one human being by another. Lincoln's departure was the right thing to do then and the SC's departure is the right thing to do now.
Adam | 04.18.07 05:53 PM
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I would like to know one thing, how can Hillary strive for health care for children and still uphold the right for a woman to have an abortion? This is a double standard. She needs to focus in on what she stands for. I will ask the question, "Hillary, what do you stand for."
You can't have it both ways.
Glenda Harris | 04.19.07 08:19 AM
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