Jackson Free Press

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged support in 1989 for a constitutional amendment banning abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother, according to material given to the Senate on Tuesday.
"If Congress passes a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit abortion except when it was necessary to prevent the death of the mother, would you actively support its ratification by the Texas Legislature," asked an April 1989 questionnaire sent out by the Texans United for Life group.

Miers checked "yes" to that question, and all of the group's questions, including whether she would oppose the use of public moneys for abortions and whether she would use her influence to keep "pro-abortion" people off city health boards and commissions.
The survey was part of the material sent to the Senate with Miers' Supreme Court questionnaire, according to two sources, one working with the White House and the other with the Senate, speaking on condition on anonymity.

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Hmmm. Interesting. No doubt this was released to function as damage control (I wonder if this survey was provided to Robertson, Dobson, etc. early on to shut them up?), so the real question is which of the two Harriet Mierses has been nominated to the Court. Mighty strange. But I find myself less and less hopeful that she's another Souter by the day. She also doesn't sound terribly bright, to be honest. Cheers, TH

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Tom Head

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2005-10-18T09:39:36-06:00