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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Ari Fleischer about President Bush’s opinion on the landmark 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade.
WND: Ari, has the president ever, to your knowledge, contended that the Supreme Court was wrong in its ruling on Roe v. Wade, as Norma McCorvey, alias Roe, is now contending in a court action? And I want to follow up.
FLEISCHER: The president said repeatedly throughout 2000 that what he would do as president is welcome in a society that creates more of a culture of respect for life, and that the plans and the policies he will pursue will be cognizant of that, as he tries to usher in a culture that respects life.
WND: In other words, he opposes Roe v. Wade?
FLEISCHER: That’s exactly how the president put it during the campaign.
WND: In New York, the Marist Poll reports that in a 2006 U.S. Senate race, Rudy Giuliani would defeat Hillary Clinton 56 to 39, while an ABC News Poll reports that 53 percent of Americans think Mrs. Clinton should never run for president. And my question, the president surely has the highest regard and confidence in his fellow Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Frank Keating, doesn’t he?
FLEISCHER: Yes.
WND: Thank you. (Laughter.)
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