WHERE'S THAT RELIGIOUS FANATIC WE ELECTED?

January 27, 2005
QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN ANN
Ann Coulter


Maybe he is an idiot. On the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade this past
Monday - I was going to say "birthday of Roe v. Wade," but that would
be too grimly ironic even for me - President Bush told a pro-life
rally in Washington that a "culture of life cannot be sustained solely
by changing laws. We need, most of all, to change hearts."

Actually, what we need least of all is to "change hearts." Maybe it's
my law background, but I think it's time we changed a few judges.

The "changing hearts" portion of the abortion debate is over.
ATTENTION, PASSENGERS: We're now entering the "minds" portion of the
"hearts and minds" journey on abortion. We've been talking about
abortion for 32 years. All the hearts that can be changed have been
changed. By some estimates, 35 million human hearts (and counting)
have been "changed" by abortion.

Judging by her comments this week calling abortion a "sad, even tragic
choice," we've even changed Hillary Clinton's heart. (And who would
know better than the sad, even tragic choice offered to New York
voters in 2000 herself?)

Hillary went so far as to say she had "respect" for those who believe
that "there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever
be available."

I've never heard of anyone who thinks abortion should not be
"available" to save the life of the mother. There was never a law in
any state that prohibited abortion to save the life of the mother. If
Hillary "respects" even this (nonexistent) lunatic fringe of the
pro-life movement, she must adore the rest of us!

The only thing we need to do now is to start "changing laws." A
culture of life cannot even begin - much less be sustained - until we
change the law and repeal Roe v. Wade. Only then can we tally up how
many hearts have been changed.

If, right now, pro-lifers had already succeeded in changing the hearts
of every last person in America - including Hillary Clinton! -
abortion would still be legal in every state of the union. It's a
"constitutional right" - taking its place alongside all those other
"sad," "tragic" rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as
religious expression, free speech, freedom of assembly and so on. Who
was it who said, "Free speech should be safe, legal and rare"?

Only when at least five members of the Supreme Court stop pretending
to see a secret, hidden clause in the Constitution, discernible only
to members of the ACLU, and repeal Roe can Americans finally vote on
abortion. This is a right we have been denied for 32 years. In effect,
a 32-year gag rule has been imposed on those of us who respect every
stage of life.

The National Abortion Rights League (NARAL) claims that if Roe were
overturned, 19 states would immediately outlaw abortion, and 19 more
would soon follow suit. This is the one issue on which NARAL and I
agree: Pro-lifers already have changed the hearts of Americans about
abortion!

Abortion was not terribly popular when Roe v. Wade was first concocted
in 1973 - by seven male justices and their mostly male law clerks.
Abortion - like other liberal priorities over the years including
forced busing, gay marriage and removing "under God" from the Pledge
of Allegiance - is an issue liberals believe is best voted on by
groups of nine or fewer.

We know it wasn't popular with actual Americans back then because 46
states had outlawed it in a once-common procedure known as
"representative democracy." Reflect on the fact that among the things
more popular than abortion even back in 1973 were white-guy afros,
lime-green leisure suits and earth shoes.

In the intervening 32 years, abortion has only become less popular.
People have seen sonograms of smiling fetuses, they've seen the
mangled remains of aborted babies, they've heard the ghastly arguments
from NARAL termagants, and they've seen untold women marking the birth
dates of their terminated children with weeping and despair.

In a Los Angeles Times poll a few years ago, 57 percent of respondents
said they believed abortion was "murder." Seventy-two percent of women
and 58 percent of men said they thought abortion should be illegal
after the first trimester. (Among men currently listed on NBA rosters,
the figure was even lower.)

Note that men in the poll were more supportive of abortion than women,
which is perfectly in keeping with the pro-abortion orthodoxy that men
should have no say in this matter, unless they're saying "yes, dear."
Once again, NARAL and I are in agreement! It's a "woman's issue";
could you men please just butt out?

Despite the fact that feminists cry and try to make people feel guilty
about opposing a "woman's right" to abortion, men always support
abortion more than women - no matter who takes the poll or how the
questions are asked. Curiously, single men aged 18-34 are the cohort
most dearly devoted to a woman's "right to choose."

Until Roe is overturned, telling pro-lifers they need to be "changing
hearts" is like telling the New England Patriots they need to practice
more - while never, ever letting them play in the Super Bowl. We've
been changing hearts for 32 years - I think we're ready for the big
match now. I think Americans would support massive restrictions on
abortion. And NARAL agrees with me! How about it, liberals? Prove me
wrong! Let Americans vote.


Cordially,
Ken (NY)

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