Abortion Issue Pops Up In Senate Races Too

Abortion is already getting plenty of play in the presidential race. One group is injecting the issue in key Senate races, too.

Susan B. Anthony's List, the anti-EMILY's List, is running radio ads on Christian stations criticizing Democrats for their views on abortion. The group was founded in 1992 and aims to promote pro-life women in politics -- or, as these ads make clear, criticize pro-choice women in politics.

One ad, shown below, criticizes Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) for supporting Roe v. Wade. "With millions of unborn lives at stake," it says, "tell Mary Landrieu it's time to vote to protect unborn children, for a change."

Other ads link North Carolina Senate candidate Kay Hagan and Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken to "radical pro-abortion groups" who want to "overturn the ban on gruesome partial birth abortions." Listen to the Hagan ad here and the Franken ad here.

Yet another ad blasts New Hampshire Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen for being "a former board member of a pro-abortion group" that wants to "'force you to pay for abortions with your tax dollars." Listen here.

Susan B. Anthony List is a 501(c)(4) with an affiliated political action committee. It has plans for get-out-the-vote efforts in presidential battleground states. And the group really likes Sarah Palin.

-- Will Evans

3:00 PM ET | 09-20-2008 | permalink

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On the topic of abortion, even many people who defend the possibility of legal abortions, they say they are not pro-abortion, but they don't want to punish women who are in this difficult situation. In Germany a curious thing has happened. Something that reflects that legal abortion affects adversely to the country. And also that the change is possible: you can promote a culture of life with the support of the citizens, when really there is a real wish of avoid abortions. Since the liberalization of abortion in this country, the number of abortions is officially four million. For that reason, among others, children are seen as an unintended effect of having sex. Many people thought it was necessary to promote greater social acceptance of children in an aging society. And civil society acted, without waiting for action by the State to promote births. They joined several media organizations in a campaign. Interestingly, after the campaign, the birth rate has risen in Germany. The video is exciting. Look here: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=SztG8JpxvHY
Santiago Chiva (Granada, Spain)

Sent by Santiago | 5:01 PM ET | 09-20-2008

IT IN MY BODY I DO WHAT I WANT TOO DO.AMERICA IS ABOUT CHOICE.BOTTOM LINE...THANK YOU

Sent by JILL LONG | 9:36 AM ET | 09-21-2008
   
   
   
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