2008 Woodie Awards
Kerry continues to flip-flop; George W. resolute
Ryan F. Boehm
Issue date: 10/20/04 Section: Opinion
A debate has raged in America since the United States Supreme Court discovered a right to abortion in the Constitution and it shows no signs of quieting down any time soon. Those against abortion believe life begins at conception and therefore abortion is the killing of an innocent child.
Those in favor of abortion believe that life begins at some point after conception and therefore abortion is the removal of something other than a child.
But in the ever-changing and principle-free world of John Kerry, even on an issue as polarizing as abortion, he has stated he is on both sides of this issue.
"I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life begins at conception," uttered John Kerry in early July while campaigning in Iowa.
To take that statement to its logical conclusion would be to say that John Kerry must be anti-abortion.
Kerry went on to say that he can't take that personally held belief and legislate from it and that there is a wall of separation between church and state. Being fluent in John Kerry double-speak, I offer the following translation:
"Though I believe an unborn child is a human life, I support its murder because of a non-existent wall between church and state." Am I the only one that sees a problem with this?
As if John Kerry's "stand(s)" on abortion wasn't enough, his statements about life beginning at conception must also be applied to the Democrat ticket's opinions about stem cell research.
John Edwards said recently, following the passing of actor Christopher Reeve, that "when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again." It is bad enough to use Reeve's passing in such a way, but what is worse is that he has no basis for this claim and is guilty of giving false hope to those relegated to wheelchairs.
The reality about stem cells is far from the pipe dreams of the two Johns. Adult stem cells are regenerative cells of the human body that can be coaxed to become a whole host of tissues, including heart tissue and neural matter.