by Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
(Feb. 18, 2008) While speaking at a campaign rally in Steubenville, Ohio, Former President Bill Clinton accused a group of pro-life students of wanting to “criminalize women and their doctors.”
The former President was greeted outside Steubenville High School by a group of nearly 100 students from Franciscan University of Steubenville who had gathered there to pray, sing and protest Clinton’s visit. The outburst, which can be seen on YouTube, came after the former President was asked about his support for abortion-on-demand.
“I gave you the answer. We disagree with you,” Clinton said. “You wanna criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree. I reduced abortion. . . .If you were really pro-life, if you were really pro-life, you would want to put every doctor and every mother as an accessory to murder in prison. And you won’t say you wanna do that because you know, that you wouldn’t have a lick of political support. . . .You can’t name me anybody presently in politics that did more to introduce
policies that reduce the number of real abortions instead of the hot air putting out to tear people up and make votes by dividing America.”
After dismissing the questioner, he said, “This is not your rally. I heard you. That’s another thing you need is a president, somebody who will stick up for individual rights and not be pushed around, and she won’t.”
Billy Valentine, a member of the Franciscan University of Steubenville Students for Life and the organizer of the protest, had no regrets about the confrontation with Clinton.
“Perhaps pro-abortion politicians will finally realize that they can’t hide their views from pro-life students,” he said in a written statement.
Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life of America, agrees. “Our generation is pro-life,” she said in a press release. “It is amazing that these pro-abortion politicians think that they can continuously support the killing of millions of unborn children and no one will express their dissatisfaction. They think they don’t ever have to answer questions about their pro-abortion policies or the money they receive from pro-abortion lobbying organizations.
This generation will no longer tolerate these types of politicians, their rhetoric, or their pro-death policies.”
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