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October 21, 2005
Miers says the past is the past
Harriet Miers insists that her 1989 position against abortion doesn’t necessarily reveal how she would vote on Roe as a Justice:
Democratic Senator Herb Kohl said he questioned Miers about her support 16 years ago for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion except to save the mother's life. Miers sought the endorsement of a Texas anti-abortion group that year for her Dallas City Council candidacy and filled out the group's questionnaire.
Kohl said he asked Miers about the questionnaire during a private meeting today to try to elicit her views on the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
“She made the point that it was at a different time for a different purpose, that we should not read too much into that in terms of where she might be on the issue of privacy and a woman's right to choose,” Kohl told reporters in Washington.
Kohl said he asked Miers about the questionnaire during a private meeting today to try to elicit her views on the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
“She made the point that it was at a different time for a different purpose, that we should not read too much into that in terms of where she might be on the issue of privacy and a woman's right to choose,” Kohl told reporters in Washington.
So basically, we’re still as clueless as we were yesterday? Excuse me if I don’t find this acceptable.
Posted by Jessica at October 21, 2005 10:16 AM
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It's all fun and games until someone looses a right.
Posted by: pansauce at October 23, 2005 6:17 AM