Friday, May 23, 2008

New Stanek WND column: “NARAL fuels pro-abort civil war”


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On Jan. 24, when the pro-abort divide between Clinton and Obama supporters was escalating into civil war, NARAL President Nancy Keenan issued an appeal for all sides to remain calm and focused on the real enemies, preborn children....

NARAL tried to redirect attention to the “staunchly, rigidly, undeniably anti-choice” Republican nominee John McCain in its almost daily e-alerts, which I receive.

But NARAL was unsuccessful. Thanks to sexier issues like Bosnia and Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media didn’t bite.

Meanwhile, the infighting continued. The Clinton camp kept pounding Obama as being soft on abortion because he voted “present” seven times as state senator on abortion legislation and because he wasn’t a woman....

NARAL’s endorsement of Obama last week came as a big shock, but it shouldn’t have. NARAL has been clear it is watching a bigger clock tick.

Still, feminists were infuriated....

NARAL wants to rebrand, and riding Obama’s coattails is one quick way. And oh, how NARAL wants Obama’s list, to lure stupid abortion-inclined abortion survivors. It doesn’t want to die as old pro-abort white women die.

The Obama campaign certainly shared polling data with NARAL, confirming its fears about McCain....

Continue reading my column today, “NARAL fuels pro-abort civil war,” on WorldNetDaily.com.