SCOTUS pick Roberts’ Wife Was Board Member of “Feminists for Life”

[DemsUnited]

from ThinkProgress

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Though John Roberts’ views on privacy and reproductive rights are still unknown (like so much about the nominee), Roberts’ wife is a prominent anti-choice activist.

Jane Sullivan Roberts has extensive ties to the conservative group Feminists for Life. As late as 1998, Mrs. Roberts was the group’s Executive Vice President. In 2001, she was identified as the “FFL board counsel,” and in the Summer 2002 FFL quarterly, The American Feminist, Roberts is listed as a member of the “Elizabeth Cady Stanton Circle” of fundraisers, who have raised between $1,000-$2,499 for the organization.

UPDATE: To get a sense of FFL, here’s the top item on their “News” page:

If the Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, says Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif)., “…a minimum of 5,000 women a year will die.” Serrin Foster explains why women deserve better than fabricated statistics or legal and lethal abortion. See the complete story at LifeNews.com.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/20/roberts-wife/

Can anyone verify this?

[Vickers]

1. Are the FFL gals protesting the war? No? Then fuck 'em.

They are bullshit.

[DemsUnited]

4. My problem is that if Roberts wife is a card-carrying member of

a antiabortion activist group, then this gives a BIG CLUE into his personal views.

[Vickers]

5. Couldn't agree with you more. My comment was more to put the lie

to their supposed "culture of life," which to them means unborn babies (sic), and not a bunch of Muslims who were illegally attacked in their own country, U.S. military folks who are "beneath" them, etc. etc.

[rzemanfl]

2. I don't get the "Feminist" part, what do they do, burn their bras and

then stay at home?

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[realFedUp]

6. This lengthy thread has all the answers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4144763

[DemsUnited]

10. Thanks for the link

Some pretty strong verification of Mrs. Roberts anti-abortion activism.

[harpo]

7. his wife's activism is a sign of his family "values" is how I put it...

when I signed the moveon petition.

[Mz Pip]

8. THe pillow talk

in that house must be very interesting now, don't you think?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Generator]

9. Big surprise here huh?

And meanwhile we have to suffer fools and convince them why this guy is the devil in a nice suit. Does anybody have any gut instincts left?

[harpo]

11. Link here to the pdf with her name listed as Executive Vice President

Page 2 at the bottom

http://web.archive.org/web/20030424104813/http://www.feministsforlife.org/taf/1998/summer/Summer98.pdf

[harpo]

13. Link here to their whole list of publications of "The American Feminist"

http://web.archive.org/web/20031003175937/www.feministsforlife.org/taf/index.htm

[snowbear]

12. Betcha 10 bucks she listens to Dr. Laura..

C'mon, you KNOW she =has= to be Dr. Laura Shles.. :think: however you spell it.... fan!

HAS to be!!