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Stiffnecked 'Focus' Refuses to Repent

Citizen Magazine - CitizenLink.com:
David O'Steen, executive director of National Right to Life Committee in Washington, D.C., said Colorado Right To Life is wrong about the court ruling. "It's the first time that the court has allowed the legislative branch to outlaw a specific abortion procedure," O'Steen told CitizenLink. "We think it's a great victory." Carrie Gordon Earll, senior director of issues analysis for Focus on the Family Action, said the ad is "an unwarranted attack." "It's difficult to comprehend how a law outlawing the brutal killing of a nearly born fetus is anything but a victory for defenders of life," Earll said. "Would those behind this ad be happier if the court had ruled the other way, upholding this barbaric practice?"

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By Eric W. Bolin / Rocky Mountain News (AP)
Dave O'Steen, executive director of National Right to Life in Washington, said the national group had no advance notice of the ad and did not condone it. "Absolutely not. We're in total disagreement with that," he said. "We very much appreciate the efforts of Focus on the Family. We agree with them in applauding the Supreme Court decision," O'Steen said. Brian Rohrbough, president of Colorado Right to Life and one of the signers of the ad, said the state group is not controlled by the National Right to Life and in fact predates it. "They certainly do not govern what we do and we don't walk lockstep," he said. Rohrbough is the father of Daniel Rohrbough, a Columbine High School student who was killed in the April 20, 1999, shootings.

Posted by Editor at May 24, 2007 06:27 AM