WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2008

"March For Life" Gets Presidential Support

Bush Offers Words Of Encouragement For Anti-Abortion Protest On Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade

  • Anti-abortion marchers walk near the Supreme Court during the annual March for Life, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, in Washington. Photo

    Anti-abortion marchers walk near the Supreme Court during the annual March for Life, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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(AP)  President Bush on Tuesday voiced support for anti-abortion demonstrators attending this year's "March for Life" rally marking the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

This year marks 35 years since the landmark ruling that a woman has a constitutional right to have an abortion.

"Thirty-five years ago today the United States Supreme Court declared and decided that under the law an unborn child is not considered a person, but we know many things about the unborn," said Mr. Bush, who hosted about 200 of the demonstrators in the East Room for coffee and doughnuts.

In remarks being broadcast to other demonstrators later in the day, Mr. Bush said that biology confirms that from the start, each unborn child is a separate individual with his or her own genetic code.

"Babies can now survive outside the mother's womb at younger and younger ages," he said. "And the fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul."

Despite chilly weather, tens of thousands of people were marching from the mall to the Supreme Court. The National Organization for Women was staging a counter protest.



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by karthur2 January 22, 2008 6:46 PM PST
I find it amazing that tens of thousands of people can decend upon our nation''s capital and it is not reported. It has to be a March for Life. If it was pro-abortion would it not be covered? This is what folks call unequal reporting. When it is done intentionally like you find on CNN, then it is a travesty of justice.
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by mcvet January 22, 2008 8:20 PM PST
Why do these Religious Nazi''s want to run our lives for us. I mean it''s not because they are more moral than we are... Senator Wide Stance clearly showed that to me. They are responsible for the Worst President in US History AND the horriable example of pandering done by congress so one of these Nazi''s could interfer in a brain dead woman''s family in Florida. I''ll be honest with you, IF the Taliban want''s to blow somebody in the US up, this is a good place to start. Then our Taliban could respond and we''d rid ourselves of BOTH! Wouldn''t that be wonderful??? Sieg Heil and Amen.
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by cbs_oliver January 22, 2008 8:27 PM PST
How about making it mandatory that fetuses be officially registered asap?

How about holding mothers accountable for the wellbeing of their fetuses?

How about prosecuting the mothers who do not produce their registered fetuses as healthy babies with negligence or murder?

Just some ideas for those who claim they are serious about protecting the rights of fetuses.
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by cdfoxtrot January 22, 2008 8:42 PM PST
I find it amazing that tens of thousands of people can decend upon our nation''''s capital and it is not reported. It has to be a March for Life. If it was pro-abortion would it not be covered? This is what folks call unequal reporting. When it is done intentionally like you find on CNN, then it is a travesty of justice.

Posted by karthur2

There were huge anti-war protests over the past few years, with hundreds of thousands marching, and they got virtually no coverage. Those events were vastly bigger than the anti-abortion effort today. I think these nut-jobs got enough attention by getting to sit with the President, don''t you think? Not too many protesters get that "privilege".


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by jgrondelski January 22, 2008 10:20 PM PST
It''s unspeakable that "tens of thousand" (more likely about a hundred thousand) people can march in Washington and this story is relegated to the bottom of the news. I salute the March for Life, America''s contemporary civil rights movement.
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by jgrondelski January 22, 2008 10:24 PM PST
MCVet''s recommendation that American citizens exercising their Constitutional right to free assembly might be considered a legitimate target for terrorist action already speaks volumes. But I guess that caring and concern is for some folks a selective thing.
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by gallian1 January 22, 2008 10:27 PM PST
A woman has every right to do with her body as she pleases. If she kills her unborn fetus then that''s between her and HER God, not her and the God of these religious fascists who, more and more, want to usurp our constitution with their Bible of fictional tales. They constantly preach the Ten Commandments, but voice support for a cokehead alcoholic in the White House that has unleashed an illegal war resulting in the deaths of nearly two hundred thousand Iraqis and five thousand Americans. If these Republican nutjobs had not been asleep at the wheel before 9-11 we would not be in the shape we are now.
Vote Democrat.
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by swingtimer January 22, 2008 10:31 PM PST
I can''t believe that on the Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade when tens of thousands of US citizens converge upon our nation''s capital for the National Walk for Life that CBS does not report on it on the national news. The oscar awards is reported instead. What a travesty! It is unbelievable that on the weekend that we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King''s life and legacy our cadidates are not willing to support this Walk for Life since 35% of all abortions performed in the US are African American babies. 48 million babies have been aborted so far in our nation. These are lives that are lost, women''s and men''s lives that are hurt deeply and scarred for life and all the wonderful things that child could have achieved for themselves and many others in our county have been lost. Shame on you CBS for not covering this event!
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by gallian1 January 22, 2008 10:45 PM PST
SWINGTIMER!
You are an IDIOT! 48 million abortions??? What "fact page" did you get THAT FROM? I guess at your pro-life seminars where, as we all know, provide "clear and precise" information. If only your own mother had had an abortion there would be one less MORON on the planet armed with *** statistics that are absolute GARBAGE!
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by anjelly-2009 January 22, 2008 11:12 PM PST
SWINGTIMER!!!!!!!!!!!
Right on what has this world come to.
Those 48 millions lives lost. :(
Thank you Pres. Bush!!

Abortion will be put to an end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by michellem99-2009 January 23, 2008 12:52 AM PST
I can''t join yer march
Ye have no idea of ladies who died in back allies years ago.
Yer too young to remember those years.
Yer cry babies are killed..
No yer don''t know what yer talking about.
Ye preach yer fire and hell thibg.
Yet the children we have in foster care are not worth yer time.
Would ye teach a blind child to see the world by sound.
Would ye teach a deaf child to see the world by finger spelling
Would ye push a child''s support/wheelchair with ye as ye teach him/her lessions of the world.
Would ye be so ashame a child with so needs that ye walk thinking yer better us.
Would ye judge a lady who has an abortion for medical reasons.
Ye worried about this issue yet ye the ones that are cold as ice
When will the public get thru its head it is none our business.
It is her business.
Will ye raise other peoples children.
Most won''t and they end up on the state.
Stand down on this issue.

mcvet,,dear well said..gallian1 A lady who must have an abortion for health reasons is to save the her life..If Drs. would get off their asre and fix his/her patent when she asks than an unborn would not have to be removed from the body..Some ladies have to have this done. The pain aill never go away. It is non done lightly..It must remain legal..Should she be forced to try to carry a child if she is sick 24/7 ,,I think not..
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by michellem99-2009 January 23, 2008 1:43 AM PST
Bush has blood on his hands so he got no business supporting the pro life movement as he sent boys and girls to die for oil or to fight an illegal war...
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by keithle1 January 23, 2008 5:36 AM PST
EVERY woman/girl who gets pregnant should carry her baby to term. Makes sense.
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by keithle1 January 23, 2008 5:51 AM PST
If women & men would take advantage of birth control, condoms, etc, then we wouldn''t have as many women getting pregnant and abortion wouldn''t be an issue.
Are there still people in the 21st century, who don''t know about birth control? What planet do they live on?
I can see some men saying "to heck with it, that''s HER problem" but then why don''t women take care of themselves. Doesn''t make any sense. They''re the ones what are going to have to carry the baby for nine months & then take care of it for 18 years. Or get an abortion. Either choice is not exactly a walk in the park. And the woman is going to have to live with her decision. The key is not to get pregnant unless that''s what you want.

In a highly-developed country like the USA in the 21st century, the abortion rate should be low. Adult women should not be having that many unplanned/ unwanted pregnancies. Sure, mistakes happen. But having unprotected *** with a guy you have known for a month, is just asking for trouble. What''s the reason? Can''t afford birth control? Is he just so *** & charming that you couldn''t think straight? Are they stupid?



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by jdw3rd January 23, 2008 10:37 AM PST
Don''t look now but your bias is showing...

WOW %u2013 Nine sentences to cover an event that lasted two days, involved %u201Ctens of thousands%u201D of people and concerns the murder of almost 50 MILLION children. Give me one legitimate reason why this isn%u2019t full-front-page news? Further: Where%u2019s the broadcast coverage on the nightly televised news? This is a national event of national importance: people; young people, from coast to coast to coast travel to Washington DC at their own private expense to take a stand against this holocaust and all you can cough up is nine sentences%u2026

Shame on you: your bias is showing.

Jdw3rd %u2013 Westerly, Rhode Island
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by jdw3rd January 23, 2008 10:42 AM PST
GALLIAN1 - Try our governments CDC WEB site and do the math: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5407a1.htm
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by jdw3rd January 23, 2008 10:47 AM PST
MichelleM99

Please see the same link I suggested to gallian1 as it documents that the reasons given for 98% of all abortions are classified as reasons of convenience and not maternal health related.
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by paganmama January 23, 2008 11:53 AM PST
If these folk are so concerned with perserving life, then they should take there march over to the White House and demand the BushCo be tried for war crimes for causing the deaths of thousand of Iraqi civilian and U.S. troops who are fighting a "war" based on lie after lie after lie, after lie, after lie. . .
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by jdw3rd January 23, 2008 1:29 PM PST
Pagan Mama

We have an all volunteer service and although many of our service men and women may have enlisted during peace times they were of the age of informed consent. I admire them greatly for going into harms way and for doing the job that they signed up for when they enlisted. That said there%u2019s a world of difference between adult military personnel and unborn babies.

The babies have no choice, no voice and no means of defending against their attackers.

50 MILLION babies over the past 35 years is an average death toll of 1,428,571 each year. If you want to take up a truly just cause speak for those who can not speak for themselves and can not take a single action in their own defense.

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by paganmama January 23, 2008 3:36 PM PST
jdw3rd,
I can agree with you about our military being an all volunteer organization and those who volunteered being at the age of consent. However, I still think that having them fight a war that is based on lies by the "President" is a great miscarriage of Justice.

Also, I believe that the many in the "pro-life" contingent have a double standard. They advocate blowing up clinics and murdering abortion docs. But claim to want to protect life????














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by Krazcarl January 23, 2008 6:28 PM PST
Well he has to suck up to someone his base has eroded and dumb evangelicials are always his best bet. I''m pro choice we live in a free society where you have a right to be wrong I''m a man this is none of my buisness. There are cold hungry disabled and poor that are amogst us there are no marches for them. Evangeicals looking for a free pass to heaven and don''t have to do a thing in the real world or help anyone because they were anti abortion.
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by cabrezi January 23, 2008 8:01 PM PST
gallian1

Wow. Your powers of persuasion are unmatched. Who can argue with such intellect and insight? Way to prove you point through name calling.
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by gallian1 January 23, 2008 8:16 PM PST
I just call them as I see them, cabrezi. You can do that when you have such massive intellect.
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by cabrezi January 23, 2008 8:40 PM PST
Really? Seems more like you have no factual basis for your opinion, so you think of an unflattering name.

Case in point, a poster gives you abortions stats, with which you disagree through name-calling. Your ignorance is showing.(You can always check the AGI website as well. It''s a pro-abortion choice organization. Their research shows there were OVER 45 million legal abortions between 1973 and 2005.)

Link:
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
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by gallian1 January 23, 2008 9:07 PM PST
Cabrezi
"no factual basis for my opinion"???
And WHO CARES if 45 million abortions were performed? WHAT IS IT TO YOU??? No one has any right to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body! You are a FASCIST if you think you can! Look up the word in the dictionary! I''m tired of you idiots thinking you can dictate to people how and when they can procreate. It is none of your BUSINESS if a woman wants to terminate her pregnancy! That''s between her and HER GOD not her and YOUR GOD! Get a LIFE and stop worrying about SOMEONE ELSE''S, YOU MORON!
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by Krazcarl January 23, 2008 9:32 PM PST
Gallien1...EXCELLENT POINT I agree....on your latest post.
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by michellem99-2009 January 23, 2008 10:15 PM PST
I don''t need to go to some site that panders to yer views.. I have shared my life as a foster child with ye all that read my posts. Why bring children IN TO THE WORLD ye can''t properly care for. The church is to blame..Yes ye read right..They won''t allow birth control..sexx education..They are crazy over a new baby and they make a fuss over. While they are cute..Babies are DEMANDING 24/7. I am in my 50s..Abortion is not used as birth control. Drs need to help women who ask to be fixed be fixed so they can''t breed. Mum wanted grandbabies so bad..I told her I will not give ye what yer want..The same woman that put me on the town years ago. Lets take care of the ones now here..Every day a child is abused..a borned child...we all have to live with ourdelves good or bad..
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by michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 12:35 AM PST
Ny list The chuches women they must bear children
The church said no to birth control
The church said no to sexx education
Men demand a baby of the woman.
Shw carries it and he may walk after it is born
The woman is tossed in the street if she does not get an abortion.
He will say that is not mine
This one we can''t afford it..
It was never meant as birth control.
For health reasons.
LATE TERM SHOULD BE BANNED IF IT CAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE BODY.Take in account the mum to be health issues..
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by cocamojoe82 January 24, 2008 1:14 AM PST
The whole "controversy" about abortion should not revolve around whether or not a woman has a right to do with her body what she pleases, but, whether or not that which is aborted is human or not. If it is, indeed, a human being, as pro-lifers insist, then there can never be any justification for abortion. Because, if it is a human being, then abortion is, in fact, murder: taking the life of an innocent human being. It is never right to do wrong.
On the other hand, if that which is aborted is NOT a human being, then it doesn''t matter whether one has abortions or not, as it wouldn''t be murder. It''d be along the lines of liposuction or amputation.
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by keithle1 January 24, 2008 6:31 AM PST
Catholic Church has a lot to answer for. Is your priest, nun or the Pope going to babysit for you? Don''t we have enough unwanted children or do we need more?

Sterilize women when they visit their gynecologist. He can always say "oops" if they call him to complain.
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by keithle1 January 24, 2008 6:41 AM PST
Women/girls also have to deal with "Jesus freak" pharmacists who won''t give them the "morning after" pill because Jesus/God/the Virgin Mary/angel Gabriel/ The Pope wouldn''t like it.

But that pill is exactly what they need. It makes sense. Give women the opportunity to take a pill within 24 hours of unprotected ***. Don''t sit there like the almighty judge of everyone in the world & say, "No. I''d rather you had an unwanted pregnancy & carried it to term. It''s what I want that counts not you. My religious beliefs are more important than your rights. Being Catholic/Evangelist gives me the power to tell you what to do."

You''re not going to tell me that what happens within 24 hours of unprotected *** is a "human being."
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by cabrezi January 24, 2008 8:25 AM PST
gallian1

I''m sure you don''t care how many abortions are performed now that you''ve been informed that there have indeed been over 45 million legal abortions in the US since 1973 despite your erroneous opinion otherwise.

As far as the woman aborting her own body... Well, she doesn''t abort herself, does she? She aborts the body of her child.

My, my, gallian1. The only point you repeatedly make is that nobody should disagree with what the almighty you has to say. There may be some who pander to their God, but you only pander to yourself. The omniscient gallian1 has spoken.

P.S.
Perhaps you should get an insult Thesaurus.
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by nikkicatt1 January 24, 2008 8:41 AM PST
If ya''ll are sooo concerned with unwanted babies, how many of ya''ll have actually adopted one? It is mostly MEN that tell us what we can and can''t do with our bodies. If man rapes a woman and she has the child, he is ENTITLED to help raise the kid. I see this as a control issue, not the rights of children. How many more babies are we going to find in coolers washed up on shore or buried under a house before we start prosecuting MEN for unwanted pregnancies. Someone posted that women should be responsible. All of the world''s problems come from men NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE.How can Bush justify being anti-abortion, but, will send thousands of troops to their death because his oil fields need protecting?
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by fettkonserv January 24, 2008 9:13 AM PST
Odd that President Death Star is Pro Life.
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by gallian1 January 24, 2008 9:14 AM PST
Cabrezi,
I couldn''t care LESS how many abortions have been performed. It could be A TRILLION MILLION for all I care. What I''ve been saying is that no one has the RIGHT to make a woman have her child if she doesn''t want it. She is the ONE that will have to give birth, take care of it, etc. etc. You sure as hell won''t. It''s her body; she can do with it as she pleases. You seem to keep missing that point because you are stupid. Of COURSE she''s murdering her fetus, but what business is that of YOURS? And great insight about a woman not being able to "abort her own body." Just brilliant. If you are the best the pro lifers can throw at us Roe vs. Wade will stand for eternity.

p.s. I don''t need an insult Thesaurus. Calling you a FASCIST MORON is enough.
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by michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 1:19 PM PST
Life
By Barbara Ann
life is living growing changing,
Children can''t understand why.
They ask why and we can''t answer their whys.
I asked my share of whys..
We are animals.
We think and do.
But just cause we can breed
Should we.
Yes and no.
Let just mind our business.
Stay out their bedrooms
As adults
We all have our cross to bear.
Do ye want to carry mine.
No ye could not.
Life is here today
Life is gone tomorrow.
As I sit here pondering life.
What does it mean.
Homelessness
street gangs
wars
greed
Lack of kindness
Manners
In short a cold world.
A people too blind to see the truth.
Wake up.
Face the real world.
Some unborns are not meant to live
in an awful world.
They belong with the angels.
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by michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 4:42 PM PST
While yer on yer knees playing for me
Thank ye for yer time that one person cares.
As ye pray the LORD''S PRAYER
Think of the words and why Jesus prayed them
This is my prayer
Our Father who is in Heaven
Praised be yer Nane
Yer Kingdom in Heaven
yer will be respected but not forced
Give us this day our daily needs
Forgive us as ye ask us to forgive
Teach us yer love and not greed
As we walk help us see the world
As a people with needs
As a Parent try to see the human side
Understand we all suffer
See the good and not judge.
I could say more but ye know each heart.
Ye see the hell of a world.
Remember too the cross we eash bear.
Understand this is a cold world.
They nailed yer Son on the cross
We still have not learnt His goodness.
Our Leaders more blind than I
We have sep church and state in America.
We are free to come to ye
Thank ye for yer ear
Amen
Peace of Christ be with ye,

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by michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 4:57 PM PST
I don''t go to chuch as they lie. This is a witch hunt..IThey want babies to grow up go fight in wars for what..OIL..CONTROL OUR WILL ON OTHER NATIONS..
Babies are used in messy deals or like pawns. My Dad remarried and his new wife told me she felt bad, so she thot she broke up Dad''s 3rd marriage.. I told her ye did not. That marriage was over a long time ago. He walked after Marc was of age..
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by cabrezi January 25, 2008 8:13 AM PST
gallian1

I can see why you might be content with that tiresome overuse of the same old insults day after day... no desire to ever expand that closed mind of yours. Yawn.

If a woman murders her child at any point in his/her development, it IS society''s business. Society also "forces" you not to kill your children after birth. No human being should have the right to murder another human being. I guess that''s where we differ. Have a nice day.
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by gallian1 January 25, 2008 8:31 AM PST
Cabrezi,
It is only society''s business once the woman has carried her child to term. If it wasn''t then a fetus would be given a social security number and fingerprinted the day of conception. Har har.
How many times do I have to tell you? It is NO ONE''s business what a woman does with her fetus. And what penalties would you propose if ever Roe Vs. Wade is overturned (which will never happen) when women keep having abortions? Put them in jail, make them a burden on an already overcrowded judicial system? How long would you keep them in jail? Nine months?
It is NOT society''s business, and it is none of YOUR business, Cabrezi. You are not the guardian of the unborn, but I AM the guardian of all those who would have their rights stripped by a bunch of mindless, brainwashed turds. How''s that for a new insult, Cabrezi? Stay out of our bedrooms, keep your religion out of our schools and in your fantasy land churches, just STAY OUT!
Women have been killing their babies since the first stages of evolution. JUST DEAL WITH IT!
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by cocamojoe82 January 25, 2008 10:46 AM PST
"Women have been killing their babies since the first stages of evolution"? Whether or not there is truth in that statement, truth is not some democracy decided by numbers. In other words, just because a lot of people do something or think the doing of something is good and fine, does not mean that it is.
My point from my earlier post has been ignored. The abortion debate should NOT revolve around a "woman''s right", but around what it is that is aborted. If it is a human being, as pro-lifer''s insist, then abortion is murder. Murder is the killing of an innocent human being. Murder is wrong. Abortion, thus, logically, would be wrong.
However, if the fetus could be demonstrated as NOT being a human being, then abortion is not murder, as that which is aborted is not human.
People who refuse to meet the debate here, where it matters, are *** addicts, who think they''re going to whither up and die if they don''t have as much *** as possible, with as many people as possible. For pro-choicers, this is what it almost always ultimately boils down to: I wanna have *** without any consequences, dammit!
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