YouTube - Bill Clinton Loses Temper, Lashes Out at Pro-Lifers
Hit the link above, to see the one minute and 40 second video.
Here's the story (UPDATE: while the campaign stop was in Steubenville, Ohio, it was not held at Franciscan University! A couple of readers emailed to ask us.):
Bill Clinton Lashes Out at Pro-Life Advocates During Ohio Stop for Hillary
Steubenville, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Former president Bill Clinton made a campaign stop for Hillary in Steubenville, Ohio on Sunday and found himself greeted by more than 100 pro-life students from nearby Steubenville University. According to eye witnesses accounts, Clinton lost his temper and lashed out at the pro-life students during the speech.
Clinton's heated response came after being questioned on his support of abortion-on-demand.
"I gave you the answer. We disagree with you," Clinton said about the position he and Hillary Clinton hold on abortion.
Clinton relied on the old argument that pr-life advocates want to put women in prison, even though abortion bans have never targeted women because they are a second victim in the abortion process.
"You want to criminalize women and their doctors and we disagree,” he said of the pro-life advocates.
“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 want to do that because you know that because you know that you wouldn't have a lick of political support,” he added.
Of course the whole "you want to criminalize women" who have abortions is a phoney smoke screen. In the many decades when abortion was illegal in all 50 states, no woman was ever prosecuted for having an abortion.
I don't remember a time when any pro-life/respect life group I have been a part of wanted to "criminalize" women. In fact,as a pro-life chair I am concern with women's rights regarding abortion and how those rights are ignored. Clinton's response was elementary and argumentative at best, but what else can you expect from someone incapable of coming up with a new or original rationale for on demand abortion or any abortion for that fact. As a former President of the United States and the spouse of a presidential candidate I would expect a more educated and researched response.
Posted by: Patricia Sutton | February 18, 2008 at 08:20 PM
Pattie
"... I would expect a more educated and researched response."
Well, Clinton wouldn't be pro-abortion/prochoice then, would he?
Posted by: tom faranda | February 18, 2008 at 08:29 PM
God Bless those wonderful students who showed up because they are the SURVIVORS OF THE CHOICE THE CLINTONS PROMOTE. President Clinton should never confuse what is legal with what is right. Evil cannot stand it when it is confronted by the truth. Keep showing up you wonderful pro-life people where ever the Clintons are!!!!!!
Posted by: Eileen Peterson | February 18, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Let me see if I've got this right. Somebody can correct me. Bill Clinton claims he has done more to end abortion than anybody else in history, but his welfare "reform," opposed by both the Catholic Bishops and Sojourners (Protestants), cut every bit of support to desperate women -- medical care, child care, everything. And not an iota of responsibility to the fathers. Of course, then the Bush administration has been giving money hand over fist to abusive men (so-called father's rights) so
it's an interesting problem, isn't it?
What Bill Clinton demonstrates in his tirade is his complete ignorance of the relationship between abortion, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. As the mother of a DV and SA surviver, I know a little bit about this. I reckon Billary don't . But who knows?
Stop the violence, stop the killing, protect the moms and kids, from conception to whenever. DUUHHH! Is that so hard? I guess so.
Mother Bonnie
Posted by: mother Bonnie | February 19, 2008 at 12:18 PM
"an accessory to murder"
Wow, he actually admitted it. He acknowledges that abortion is MURDER.
Posted by: MBurgess | February 19, 2008 at 02:25 PM