THE CHOICE--LATINOS OR THE ANTI-LIFE LEFT

Democratic Presidential Candidates Accused of Misleading Hispanics on Abortion (Steven Ertelt, July 3, 2003, LifeNews.com)

All of the major contenders attended a January NARAL event in an attempt to shore up their pro-abortion credentials. Congressmen Richard Gephardt (D-MO) and Dennis Kucinich both abandoned their pro-life positions to support abortion when their ambitions led them to run for higher office. Though he later recanted and admitted he was wrong, Sen. John Kerry was so eager to make his pro-abortion stance known, he told attendees at several campaign events that his first speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate backed abortion.

Yet many Hispanics are wondering why the Spanish-language version of the web sites of some Democratic presidential candidates mention nothing about abortion, while the English versions tout their pro-abortion positions.

The Spanish-language site of Gephardt's makes no mention of abortion, whereas his English site has an "issues" section where "Right to Choose" is one of the categories, and also has a link to a January speech titled "One thing must be certain: The freedom to choose."

A Gephardt spokeswoman confirmed that the site doesn't currently have any reference to abortion.

Kim Molstre of the Gephardt campaign claimed the lack of abortion references on the candidate's Spanish site is simply because not all the English items have been translated.

The Spanish site of pro-abortion Sen. Joe Lieberman -- which is much less extensive than Gephardt's -- also makes no mention of abortion. Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for Lieberman, also claimed the omission is because not all the English content has been translated.

When you have to lie to a significant part of your base about your Party's position on a [the?] core issue, it's a pretty clear indicator they aren't going to be part of your base for too much longer. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 8, 2003 2:16 PM