John Kerry's Bizarre Abortion Views

The blogosphere is full of excellent posts analyzing the intellectual bankruptcy of John Kerry "nuancing" his way onto both sides of the abortion issue by claiming to believe life begins at conception, while simultaneously hiding behind separation of church and state to avoid accountability for his legislative positions.

John Hawkins writing at his Right Wing News blog is pretty typical of the shredding Kerry is taking:

Well, what sort of degenerate is John Kerry? How is it that he can believe that every abortion ends an innocent human life and yet regularly receive a 100% rating on his voting record from pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood?

Moreover, John Kerry's attempt to play the "separation of church and state" card doesn't wash. Trying to claim that you believe life begins at conception while almost unconditionally supporting abortion for others is like saying you wouldn't ever drown your own children in a bathtub, but have no problem with other people doing it.

In other words, you don't have to be a religious zealot in order to favor passing laws against what you view as infanticide, you only need to have a sense of common decency. That's something that Senator Kerry sadly seems to lack.

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