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Abortion Anchorage Daily News Editorial: Palin Has “Extreme Anti-Abortion Views.” The Anchorage Daily News wrote in an editorial, “Alaskans will also have to decide whether her extreme anti-abortion views and other socially conservative positions square with Alaska's generally libertarian approach to those issues.”
Palin Moderating Her Abortion Stance? The Anchorage Daily News wrote, “Palin said last month that
no woman should have to choose between her career, education and her child.” (Alaska), 8/6/06]
Palin Called Herself as “Pro-Life As Any Candidate Can Be” But Supports Contraception. “In
2002, when she was running for lieutenant governor, Palin sent an e-mail to the anti-abortion Alaska
Right to Life Board saying she was as ‘pro-life as any candidate can be’ and has ‘adamantly supported our
cause since I first understood, as a child, the atrocity of abortion.’ Palin said last month that no woman
should have to choose between her career, education and her child. She is pro-contraception and said
she’s a member of a pro-woman but anti-abortion group called Feminists for Life. ‘I believe in the
strength and the power of women, and the potential of every human life,’ she said.” (Alaska), 8/6/06]
Palin is a Member of Feminists for Life, A Group That Says Abortion Increases the Risk of
Miscarriage, Cancer, and Compares Abortion to the Tuskegee Trials. According to the Anchorage
Daily News, Palin “said she's a member of a pro-woman but anti-abortion group called Feminists for
Life.” Feminists for Life writes on its website, “If you choose to have an abortion, even if it's at an early
stage of pregnancy, the risks associated with this choice include bleeding, injury to the bowel, injury to
the urinary tract, infection, and possible problems with having children in the future. Obviously, the
further along in the pregnancy you are, the higher your chances are to have these types of problems.” The
site also says, “recently there have been reports that link breast cancer with abortion. Since abortion has
been legal for over 20 years, and sometimes it takes 20 to 30 years for a cancer to develop, this link is just
starting to surface. More research is needed, especially since so many women have abortions every year
coupled with the fact that so many women also die from breast cancer.” The site adds, “We are reminded
that in the not-so-distant past American citizens were "tricked" into participating in research experiments
being performed by doctors and other people in the health industry…The Tuskegee experiment is a grim
reminder that even though doctors and other people connected with the medical profession have been
granted a great deal of trust and privilege in our society, there have been times when that trust was
betrayed and innocent citizens were caused irreparable harm.” http://www.feministsforlife.org/resources/realrepr.htm]
• National Cancer Institute: It Is “Well-Established” That “Abortion is Not Associated With
an Increase In Breast Cancer Risk.” There is a medical consensus that there is no causal
relationship between abortion and breast cancer. This consensus emerged after several welldesigned
studies, the largest of which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in
1997, found
In 2002, the Bush Administration edited a National Cancer Institute website to suggest that there was
still an open scientific question about whether having an abortion might lead to breast cancer.
After members of Congress protested the change, the National Cancer Institute convened a threeday
conference of experts on abortion and breast cancer. Participants reviewed all existing
population-based, clinical, and animal data available. Their conclusion was that “nduced
abortion is not associated with an increase in breast cancer risk.” The panel ranked this conclusion
as “well-established.” By Federally Funded Pregnancy Resource Centers,” 7/06; Mads Melbye et al., Induced Abortion and the Risk of
Breast Cancer, 336 New Eng. J. Med. 81, 84 (1997);
www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20040817143143-53989.pdf; New York Times, 1/6/03; National
Cancer Inst., Summary Report: Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer (Mar. 4, 2003) (online at
www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/ere-workshop-report)]
Palin Said She Was Pro-Life With an Exception for the Life of the Woman. Palin said, “I am pro-life.
With the exception of a doctor’s determination that the mother’s life would end if the pregnancy
continued. I believe that no matter what mistakes we make as a society, we cannot condone ending an
innocent’s life.”
Palin Used Part of the City’s Funds from the Alaska Revenue Sharing Fund to Fund Anti-Abortion
Center. In 1997, Palin signed an ordinance appropriating $2,354 in funds to the Valley Crisis Pregnancy
Center from the State of Alaska Revenue Sharing fund. The Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center lists itself as
an “abortion alternative” in the Yellow Pages. CHECK
OTHER YEARS
• Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Known To Give Misleading and Often Inaccurate
Information. A recent government investigation of pregnancy crisis centers found that “The
centers provided false and misleading information about a link between abortion and breast
cancer;” “The centers provided false and misleading information about the effect of abortion on
future fertility;” “The centers provided false and misleading information about the mental health
effects of abortion.” Planned Parenthood also says the centers offer free pregnancy tests but give
ambiguous answers about the results, show shocking films or slide shows while patients wait for
pregnancy results, make exaggerated promises of financial assistance, medical treatment, prenatal
and postpartum care and refuse or fail to provide contraceptive information. Government Reform, “False And Misleading Health Information Provided By Federally Funded Pregnancy Resource
Centers,” 7/06; Planned Parenthood]
• Valley Hospital Gave Grant to Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center. “Valley Hospital Healthy
Communities Program awards grants: Grants totaling more than $ 58,000 were awarded to three
local organizations. The committee allocated funds to Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center for the
establishment of an abortion hotline, the Mat-Su Alternative School for its Peer Outreach program
and to Teen Challenge for an abstinence course.” CHECK
THIS OUT—SHE WAS ON VALLEY BOARD
Palin Said She Supported a Constitutional Amendment Saying the Constitution Does Not Contain a
Right to An Abortion. Asked whether she would support legislation and/or a constitutional amendment
to clarify that the state constitution does not contain a right to an abortion, Sarah Palin responded, “Yes.”
Palin Said She Supported a Constitutional Amendment Limiting Abortion to When a Woman’s
Life or Health are In Jeopardy. Asked whether she would support a Constitutional amendment to limit
state funding for abortions to only situations in which a woman’s life or major bodily functions are
threatened, Sarah Palin responded, “Yes.”
Palin Said She Supported a Constitutional Amendment Changing the Judicial Selection Process.
Asked if she would support a constitutional amendment to change the judicial selection process, Sarah
Palin responded “Yes.”
Palin Said She Supported a Constitutional Amendment To Enforce Parental Consent Law if
Supreme Court Declared it Unconstitutional. Asked if she would support a Constitutional Amendment
to overturn the Supreme Court and allow a parental consent law to be enforced if the Alaska Supreme
Court declared the parental consent law unconstitutional, Sarah Palin responded, “yes.” Council Voter Guide, 8/22/06]
Palin Said She Supported a Legislation Requiring Women to Be Asked if They Are Being Coerced
When They Get An Abortion. Asked if she would support legislation that makes it a crime to “coerce a
woman into an unwanted abortion and requires abortion clinics to ask women if they are being coerced,”
Sarah Palin responded “yes.” |
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