Ron Paul: Take Abortion Out of Federal Courts

Mark Silva / The Swamp - Baltimore Sun Blog
Ron Paul, the feisty physician from Texas who has twice served in Congress and amassed a loyal following in his campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, has gained widespread recognition as his party’s only anti Iraq-war candidate. But Paul’s essential social conservatism may have been overlooked in his Libertarian view of government. Paul wants to abolish the federal income tax – that’s part of his governmental philosophy. But Paul also wants to ban abortion, proposing to overturn the landmark Roe versus Wade court ruling by legally removing jurisdiction over the issue from the federal courts. "That should be our goal... to repeal Roe versus Wade,'' Paul told an assembly of religious right voters in Washington today. "There is a couple ways that can be done... "We can wait until we have our Supreme Court justices appointed... That's taking a long time,'' Paul said. "My approach is a little bit more direct... accepting the principle that we can as a legislative body and the president... remove the jurisdiction of this issue from the federal courts.'' Full story...

Posted by Editor at November 8, 2007 06:06 AM