February 11, 2009 3:33 PM

"March For Life" Gets Presidential Support

(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 cocamojoe82 January 25, 2008 1:46 PM EST
"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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by gallian1 January 25, 2008 11:31 AM EST
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 cabrezi January 25, 2008 11:13 AM EST
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 michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 7:57 PM EST
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 michellem99-2009 January 24, 2008 7:42 PM EST
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 4:19 PM EST
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 gallian1 January 24, 2008 12:14 PM EST
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 fettkonserv January 24, 2008 12:13 PM EST
Odd that President Death Star is Pro Life.
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by nikkicatt1 January 24, 2008 11:41 AM EST
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 cabrezi January 24, 2008 11:25 AM EST
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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