John McCain Thinks Roe v Wade Should Be Overturned
Catering to the "Agents of Intolerance" again.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to improve his standing with the party's conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned.
"I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned," the Arizona senator told about 800 people in South Carolina, one of the early voting states.
McCain also vowed that if elected, he would appoint judges who "strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States and do not legislate from the bench."
The landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade gave women the right to choose an abortion to terminate a pregnancy. The Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the decision, with the presence of an increasing number of more conservative justices on the court raising the possibility that abortion rights would be limited.
Not that I actually believe McCain would overturn Roe v Wade if elected - he's just playing the social conservatives like Republicans always do at election time. If they actually did overturn abortion rights, throw all the gays in prison, institute mandatory school prayer, etc etc then what would they use to stir up the conservative base every four years?
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to improve his standing with the party's conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned.
"I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned," the Arizona senator told about 800 people in South Carolina, one of the early voting states.
McCain also vowed that if elected, he would appoint judges who "strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States and do not legislate from the bench."
The landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade gave women the right to choose an abortion to terminate a pregnancy. The Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the decision, with the presence of an increasing number of more conservative justices on the court raising the possibility that abortion rights would be limited.
Not that I actually believe McCain would overturn Roe v Wade if elected - he's just playing the social conservatives like Republicans always do at election time. If they actually did overturn abortion rights, throw all the gays in prison, institute mandatory school prayer, etc etc then what would they use to stir up the conservative base every four years?