Here's the thing...a candidate (or a person like myself) may think that Roe vs Wade should be overturned without thinking abortion should be illegal.
While i don't think thet the US constitution as written protects abortion as a "right"...I do think that State laws and State Constitutions can, and many do. State protections can go farther than Federal, but can't strip away Federal.
That is a VERY Federalist way of looking at the issue...and Old School Republicans hold that view. That is not to be confused with candidates who wish abortion to be outlawed...
Quote from McCain..
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me ask one question about abortion. Then I want to turn to Iraq. You’re for a constitutional amendment banning abortion, with some exceptions for life and rape and incest.
MCCAIN: Rape, incest and the life of the mother. Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So is President Bush, yet that hasn’t advanced in the six years he’s been in office. What are you going to do to advance a constitutional amendment that President Bush hasn’t done?
MCCAIN: I don’t think a constitutional amendment is probably going to take place, but I do believe that it’s very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should — could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And you’d be for that?
MCCAIN: Yes, because I’m a federalist. Just as I believe that the issue of gay marriage should be decided by the states, so do I believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return to the states. And I don’t believe the Supreme Court should be legislating in the way that they did on Roe v. Wade.
So....while he IS saying if he had the final say he would like abortion only available for rape, incest, prevent death of mother...he is saying he and the Federal Government shouldn't be in charge of the decision...States should be and it should be up to the people in the State, not him, not the Supreme Court, and not Congress.
This issue is hard for me. I think it should go back tot he States, like many issues. So you would think voting Repub would be a no-brainer, right? Kind of. I agree with the legalities of the Repubs, and the sentiment of the Dems.
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Yeah...NARAL is right where I would go for unbiased political research
Date: 2008-01-30 08:52 pm (UTC)While i don't think thet the US constitution as written protects abortion as a "right"...I do think that State laws and State Constitutions can, and many do. State protections can go farther than Federal, but can't strip away Federal.
That is a VERY Federalist way of looking at the issue...and Old School Republicans hold that view. That is not to be confused with candidates who wish abortion to be outlawed...
Quote from McCain..
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me ask one question about abortion. Then I want to turn to Iraq. You’re for a constitutional amendment banning abortion, with some exceptions for life and rape and incest.
MCCAIN: Rape, incest and the life of the mother. Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So is President Bush, yet that hasn’t advanced in the six years he’s been in office. What are you going to do to advance a constitutional amendment that President Bush hasn’t done?
MCCAIN: I don’t think a constitutional amendment is probably going to take place, but I do believe that it’s very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should — could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And you’d be for that?
MCCAIN: Yes, because I’m a federalist. Just as I believe that the issue of gay marriage should be decided by the states, so do I believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return to the states. And I don’t believe the Supreme Court should be legislating in the way that they did on Roe v. Wade.
So....while he IS saying if he had the final say he would like abortion only available for rape, incest, prevent death of mother...he is saying he and the Federal Government shouldn't be in charge of the decision...States should be and it should be up to the people in the State, not him, not the Supreme Court, and not Congress.
This issue is hard for me. I think it should go back tot he States, like many issues. So you would think voting Repub would be a no-brainer, right? Kind of. I agree with the legalities of the Repubs, and the sentiment of the Dems.