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Giuliani’s Abortion Problems Continue

Rudy Giuliani’s campaign is fighting to defend the mayor on abortion today at National Review, but the opposition is coming from the editors of NR themselves.After Giuliani said last week that abortion is a constitutional right and as such must be publicly funded, NR’s editors said his position “makes neither logical, moral, nor political sense.” In response today, Giuilani adviser Bill Simon responded in a letter that first cited Univ. of Alabama professor Michael New’s claim that abortions in NYC under Giuilani declined at a rate greater than the national average at the time. Simon goes on to reiterate Giuliani’s opposition to changing the Hyde Amendment which prohibits federal funding of abortions (except in cases of incest, rape or danger to the mother’s life). Finally, Simon pledges that Giuilani would appoint “strict-constructionist judges who will follow in the philosophical footsteps of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Scalia, and Chief Justice Roberts” if elected president.

The editors had a stinging comeback:

Like Bill Simon, we admire Professor New. Let’s quote him some more on abortion trends during Giuliani’s mayoral terms: “I cannot attribute this decline to any actual policy Giuliani implemented.” Note also that New York City’s abortion rate had a long way to fall: Even after its decline, it remained much higher than the national average. Should Mayor Giuliani get credit for that fact as well?

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 at 12:10 pm and is filed under 2008, Abortion stuff, Rudy Watch.
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