Congressman Rudy Giuliani: Pro-Life?
October 2, 2007
Congressman Pete Sessions, a staunch pro-life Republican from Texas and a Rudy Giuliani supporter tells The Brody File that if Giuliani was a member of Congress today, he’d be considered pro-life. Here’s the money quote:
“In a hypothetical comparison of congressional votes, Mayor Giuliani’s voting record would mirror the voting record of Fred Thompson, including votes on partial birth abortion, taxpayer funding on abortions, and parental notification laws. Mayor Giuliani respects the values of social conservatism, and his position on these issues would categorize him as a predominately pro-life Member of Congress.”
Ok, for those in the anti-Giuliani crowd, you can get up off the floor. I have smelling salts. So what is Congressman Sessions referring too? He’s not talking about Giuliani in the 1990’s; he’s talking about Rudy now.
For example, Sessions tells me just look at Giuliani’s positions. When the Supreme Court handed down its decision upholding the Partial Birth Abortion ban in April, Giuliani said, “The Supreme Court reached the correct conclusion in upholding the congressional ban on partial birth abortion. I agree with it.”
On taxpayer funding for abortion, Giuliani has publicly said he supports the Hyde amendment which forbids federal funding of abortions. The Giuliani quote is: “As I have indicated before, I will not seek to change current law as described in the Hyde Amendment."
On Parental Notification Laws, Giuliani says on his website that he “supports reasonable restrictions on abortion such as parental notification with a judicial bypass.”
(Sessions doesn't mention embryonic stem cell research. Giuliani would probably lose points on that one.)
But throw in Giuliani’s talk about nominating strict constructionist judges to the Supreme Court and the pro-life Sessions (Pete not Jeff) comes to the conclusion that Giuliani is his guy. Of course, for Sessions all of this ultimately comes down to Giuliani’s ability to lead (read: 9/11) and the fact that he believes Giuliani is the only candidate out there that can beat Hillary Clinton. In fact, he has a warning to social conservative leaders thinking of bolting for a third party. He tells me: “Mrs. Clinton will not be their friend and not see it the way they would. Rudy Giuliani respects life.”
Will these positions on abortion, 9/11 and cleaning up New York City carry the day for Giuliani?
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