By Glenn Kessler Glenn Kessler The Fact Checker Email Bio Follow May 24 at 3:00 AM “I’ve defended my pro-life position for my whole political career. But in my whole political career, I’ve also believed in rape, incest, and the life of the mother as exceptions. That’s exactly what Republicans have voted on in this House, that’s what our platform says.
“The draw to the party is over economic issues,” McCarthy said. “Abortion ... this is something you should talk to your minister, rabbi and your family [about].” “The Thomas-McCarthy wars with the state party-leadership apparently peaked in 2001,” the article said. “That's when they backed the unsuccessful drive by Bob Larkin and other moderates to install moderate former Assemblyman Brooks Firestone as head of the state GOP organization. They argued that GOP defeats at the ballot box in recent years were partly due to defections of women and moderates turned off by the party's hard-line stance against abortion and gun control.
“Conservatives were furious when McCarthy began positioning himself to run on a conservative platform in his race for his Assembly post last year against conservative Bakersfield Councilman Mike Maggard. McCarthy described himself as being anti-abortion in his answers on questionnaires from local and state Right to Life groups. He said he was against abortion except in cases of incest or rape or to save the life of the mother.
Most famously, McCarthy was pegged as a supporter of abortion rights in a 2003 profile by George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times: “McCarthy leans to the middle. He supports most abortion rights, but opposes spending tax dollars on abortions.” Still, once McCarthy became leader of the Assembly Republicans and then was elected to Congress, he amassed a consistent record of opposition to abortion rights, with the exception of cases involving rape, incest and life of the mother.
WaPo tacitly says STDs present no real problem. Placing all the responsibility after being impregnated is the worlds greatest dodge.
I don’t see how you can be Pro-Life and believe in exceptions. This isn’t a yeah, but issue - you believe it or you don’t.
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or just a street line panel like eyes closed. SID stay in dark.
Now do Obama and gay marriage.
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