Reply #6: Well, for one... [View All]

[Demobrat]

He's against abortion. Sure he says he'd have to support the law of the land, but there's no law that says he can't appoint judges who would overturn it. The right to choose is too important to me to vote for somebody with his attitude. I can't believe he would ever fight for it.


From Salon.com:

Clark wants to clarify abortion comment
By Beth Fouhy
Feb. 5, 2004 | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Wesley Clark on Thursday sought to clarify his comments from a day earlier in which he told a Tennessee voter, "I don't believe in abortion."

"I would hope that it would be done only on rare occasions, but it's a woman's right to choose. It's a private matter and I support the Supreme Court. I support Roe v. Wade. And I support a woman's right to choose," Clark told reporters as he campaigned in the state.

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Within days of those comments, Clark told reporters in New Hampshire that he supported a woman's right to have an abortion "as modified by" a 1992 court case that allows states to impose limited restrictions.

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On Wednesday, a woman in Tennessee pressed Clark on how he felt about abortion, and he said, "I'm against abortion, but there's the law of the land and that comes from the Supreme Court and the law is called Roe v. Wade. And I support the Supreme Court. I have to support the law."

Clark continued, saying abortion "should be safe, legal and rare. And I think what you've got to do is you really have got to work with families and you really got to help people understand what their choices are and not do the wrong thing because I don't believe in abortion."
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