The Devil and Mr. Hicks

[Dennis Perrin]

> Doug mentioned Kucinich's anti-abortion stance.  I'm not sure I could ever
> support him for President with that position, given perfectly good
> progressives who are pro-abortion, but that doesn't mean I don't consider
> him a fellow progressive, even if he takes the wrong view on when life
> exists . . . If someone really
> is "pro-life" because they care for all defenseless creatures and see a
> fetus in that class, and combine that position with a heartfelt commitment
> to equality for women in all other aspects of their politics, I just don't
> see that issue as warranting voting them off the progressive island.


> Nathan Newman

Does Kucinich favor outlawing abortion? Or is he personally against it and
seeks ways to reduce the need for it? If the latter, then I don't see what
the problem is. What I love about many "pro-choicers" is that they're all
for "choice," so long as you agree with them. In other words, you have to be
pro-abortion, not just pro-choice.

DP