radical anti-choice activist Randall Terry recently met with Boehner's staff.

[BrklynLiberal]

We are screwn!!!!!!!!!!


NARAL Statement on this meeting...

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/media/press-releases/2010/pr11292010_boehner-terry.html

Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called reports of extremist Randall Terry’s ability to score a meeting with incoming Speaker John Boehner’s staff yet another example of the influence anti-choice extremists will have in a Boehner-led House of Representatives.

Terry sent a message to his supporters confirming the meeting, which had been reported by many blogs, including Right Wing Watch and Think Progress.

“In the Boehner-led House, having a miles-long rap sheet calling for violence against abortion providers and their patients gets you an invitation to meet with the incoming speaker’s staff,” Keenan said. “The Randall Terry meeting signifies that, when it comes to listening to the most extreme elements of the anti-choice movement, Boehner is all ears.”

After Dr. George Tiller was shot to death inside his church in Kansas, Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, referred to Dr. Tiller as a “mass murderer” and said that, “horrifically, he reaped what he sowed.”

Keenan also said that, sadly, the meeting could not be seen as a huge surprise, given that Boehner has voted anti-choice 142 times out of 142 opportunities. Boehner even voted eight times against clinic protection for women and their doctors.

The Terry episode comes on the heels of the National Right to Life Committee’s demand for notorious anti-choice extremist Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) to be given control over the Energy and Commerce Committee’s health subcommittee. And last week, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) promised to undermine reproductive-health programs if his colleagues select him to lead the powerful Appropriations Committee.

Keenan said NARAL Pro-Choice America has an online resource outlining the expected anti-choice attacks in the New Congress: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/get-involved/issue-campaigns/speaker-boehner.html

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[katandmoon]

3. Total hype.

[sharp_stick]

5. Barry huh

I see you are in fine form today.

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[sharp_stick]

7. Damn, Everything Really, all of it, the kit and caboodle....

that is quite likely the most simplistic and dumb reply I have come across in at least the last several weeks.

How's that for respect? I think it conveys about the proper amount without getting into rule violations.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Yup. Rant away. What I said is still true.

[uppityperson]

9. Looks like it breaks 2 rules, from the alert page...

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[katandmoon]

2. And we certainly can't expect Obama to stand up to Boehner on this issue. Just the opposite.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. THAT is the scariest part of this story. How much "compromise" will the President be willing to

offer on THIS issue.

If things keep going like this, there will be no constituency left that will vote for him in 2012.

[musette_sf]

10. I am afraid that POTUS is trying to "make amends"

to the Pukes over his comment that pregnancy, for a child the ages of his pre-pubescent daughters, would be a punishment.

Aside from the FACT that no amends need be made for speaking the TRUTH,

I still can't comprehend that ANYONE could think that sentencing a child to involuntary servitude is NOT punishment.

Except people who use their children, like Palin.