Leading Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has some more 'splaining to do to pro-life Republicans, this time about several donations he made during the 1990s to the nation's largest chain of abortion clinics. The former New York City mayor defended his several donations to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, saying he did so to promote adoptions. LifeNews.com reports:
Giuliani made a lengthy, uncomfortable appearance on Laura Ingraham's national radio program to give his side of the story. "Planned Parenthood makes [adoption] information available," Giuliani told Ingraham when she posed that question Tuesday. "It's consistent with my position."
"I think it's wrong [but] I think there should be a choice. If there is going to be a choice, there are organizations that are going to give people information about that choice. I just as strongly support the idea that a woman should have information about adoption at that time," he added.
Give him credit for trying, but the explanation is really thin.
Planned Parenthood's own figures show that it rarely refers pregnant women for adoptions and the number of adoptions referrals it does make are on the decline. In its FY 2004-2005 annual report, the latest available to the public, Planned Parenthood did 255,015 abortions in 2004 (up 4.3 percent from 2003), generating an estimated $95 million. How many customers were referred to adoption agencies? 1,414 - and that's down more than 20 percent from 2003.
Money given to Planned Parenthood supports the delivery of abortions. Even Rudy's money.
And money isn't the only thing Giulaini gave to Planned Parenthood. He also gave them moral support:
Giuliani in the 1990s also spoke at a Planned Parenthood convention and declared a "Planned Parenthood Day" in New York City. He also issued a proclamation honoring Margaret Sanger, the abortion businesses' founder.
Ah, Margaret Sanger. Founder of Planned Parenthood. And noted champion of eugenics, the use of state-enforced selective breeding, sterilization, and euthanasia to create a healthier, better group of humans.
In 1932 Sanger called for "a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring."
I'm betting that right now some operative for one or more of Rudy's rivals for the GOP nomination are digging up a copy of that proclamation in order to incorporate it into a mail-out to the legions of pro-life voters who make up a large chunk of the Republican primary electorate...
Long-shot candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado has already fired back at Rudy, issuing a statement saying, "If a Republican President of the United States won't vigorously fight to protect the life of the unborn, how long before the trend toward the culture of death becomes irreversible?"
The more immediate question is, if Rudy Giuliani continues to be exposed as ardently pro-choice, how long before the downward trend in his poll numbers becomes irreversible?
See also:
The Yankees' Clean-Up Man - Rudy went to bat for the Yanks, and look what he scored. - The Village Voice
http://hammer2006.blogspot.com/2007/05/yankees-clean-up-man-rudy-went-to-bat.html
Posted by: Alex Hammer | May 9, 2007 12:51 PM | Permalink to Comment