Larissa
9th January 2003, 14:36
>President Bush shocked pro-choice Americans on January 7 by re-nominating two demonstrably anti-choice judicial nominees - Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen. Last year, the Senate Judiciary Committee defeated these two nominees after carefully scrutinizing their records. These re-nominations are a slap in the
face to the institution of the Senate. This is yet another attempt by the President to move his anti-choice agenda under the radar of the American public.
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>Pickering and Owen were rejected specifically because of their hostility to the civil and constitutional rights of women and African-Americans. That President Bush would re-nominate them in the aftermath of the Trent Lott debacle demonstrates the Administration's
insensitivity to these issues.
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>While none of the 14 Court of Appeals nominations Bush made yesterday is a friend to choice, six have clear anti-choice records:
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>Priscilla Owen repeatedly tried to rewrite Texas law from the bench to deny young women their right to choose.
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>Charles Pickering led the Republican Party to adopt an anti-choice plank to the party platform calling for a Constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
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>Carolyn Kuhl, working in the Reagan Department of Justice, urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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>John Roberts, working in the Reagan and the Bush Departments of Justice, urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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>Timothy M. Tymkovich testified to the U.S. Senate that states should not have to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortions in the case of rape or incest.
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>Deborah Cook is endorsed by Ohio Right to Life and has argued that a woman may be subjected to child abuse laws for harm done to her fetus.
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etc.
The full information is in the following site:
http://naralaction.org/campaign/FedCtSen01.../88sg7er178x8bd (http://naralaction.org/campaign/FedCtSen0103e/88sg7er178x8bd)
face to the institution of the Senate. This is yet another attempt by the President to move his anti-choice agenda under the radar of the American public.
>
>Pickering and Owen were rejected specifically because of their hostility to the civil and constitutional rights of women and African-Americans. That President Bush would re-nominate them in the aftermath of the Trent Lott debacle demonstrates the Administration's
insensitivity to these issues.
>
>While none of the 14 Court of Appeals nominations Bush made yesterday is a friend to choice, six have clear anti-choice records:
>
>Priscilla Owen repeatedly tried to rewrite Texas law from the bench to deny young women their right to choose.
>
>Charles Pickering led the Republican Party to adopt an anti-choice plank to the party platform calling for a Constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
>
>Carolyn Kuhl, working in the Reagan Department of Justice, urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
>
>John Roberts, working in the Reagan and the Bush Departments of Justice, urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
>
>Timothy M. Tymkovich testified to the U.S. Senate that states should not have to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortions in the case of rape or incest.
>
>Deborah Cook is endorsed by Ohio Right to Life and has argued that a woman may be subjected to child abuse laws for harm done to her fetus.
>
etc.
The full information is in the following site:
http://naralaction.org/campaign/FedCtSen01.../88sg7er178x8bd (http://naralaction.org/campaign/FedCtSen0103e/88sg7er178x8bd)