ARNHEIM - Democratic Congressional candidate Dr. Victoria Wulsin was greeted by about 10 protesters when she met with approximately 30 people at the Monday, Aug. 18 Rural Life Conference of the St. Martin Deanery at St. Mary’s Church in Arnheim. The conference attracted public attention after a Letter to the Editor expressed concern for Wulsin’s views on abortion.Wulsin is right! Jean Schmidt has done nothing to prevent the number of abortions except she co-sponsored bills to provide ultrasounds to pregnant mothers (H.R. 216); to require women having abortions be "fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child" (H.R. 356); to require the Food and Drug Administration withdraw its approval of the drug RU-486 because of safety concerns (H.R. 1079); and has been a long-time supporter of the pro-life movement even having served as president of Cincinnati Right to Life.
The protesters, led by Mike Meyer of Russellville, said they were offended that someone with pro-abortion views would be asked to speak at a Christian venue.
“We’re not here to support the Republican party,” Meyer said. “We’re not here to attack Catholics. Christians have always defended the innocent whether they have been born yet or not.”
When the question of her position on abortion was raised in the last five minutes of the meeting, the audience quickly became impassioned. She assured those gathered that she was not pro-abortion but was pro-choice.
“It is true that both my opponent and I should work to reduce the number of abortions,” Wulsin said. “I believe we can do that by providing good prenatal care and prevention. We need to prevent unintended pregnancies that lead to abortion.”
Wulsin said she has worked with the United States Agency for International Development to do just that. As a Red Cross advisor and through her work with the ENABLE project through the Center For Development and Population Action, Wulsin was able to work with families in Africa and Asia to increase child survival rates and provide family planning and primary care for families. According to Wulsin’s Communications Director Kevin Franck, a follow up study on the ENABLE project showed a decrease in the number of abortions in the regions of Africa and Asia in which Wulsin was working.
“We have been able to prevent abortions through limiting unintended pregnancies,” Wulsin said. “My opponent has done nothing to prevent the number of abortions.”
The "I'm pro-choice, not pro-abortion" line is a dodge typical of politicians. There is no difference in those positions: infanticide continues to happen and both the pro-choice and pro-abortion positions condone that brutal act.
It is also worth noting that she is willing to do work in Africa to actually reduce the number of abortions, but is not doing anything here in America. Why is that? Could it be that her friends at EMILY's List and NARAL wouldn't approve?
Lastly, why am I not reading about this in the Enquirer? 527 media outlests in this state have covered leftist protests numbering in single digits before...
UPDATE: AP News Alert:
WASHINGTON (AP) Bush administration proposes stronger job protections for doctors refusing to do abortions.Now, I know we can count on Rep. Jean Schmidt to be a supporter...but what about Wulsin and
