Midknight Review -- new and revised: Emily's List gives Newt an "F" on the abortion issue in a very misleading use of terminology. Emily's List owes Newt an apology, period.

From LifeNews:

The pro-abortion political group Emily’s List has released a new ranking of the Republican presidential candidates and it labels former Speaker Newt Gingrich as the worst of the GOP hopefuls seeking to defeat pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

Emily’s List is releasing a scorecard on all of the candidates and sees Gingrich as the worst if only because he has refined his pro-life position and recently moved to supporting a position that life begins at conception or fertilization as opposed to saying it begins at implantation.

Gingrich’s voting record on pro-life issues reflected the consensus pro-life views of the majority of Americans.

Gingrich voted in favor of a ban on partial-birth abortion. (President Clinton ultimately vetoed the bill and a ban was not signed into law until President Bush took office.) Gingrich also voted to cut federal funding to organizations that perform or promote abortions abroad, including the United Nations Population Fund, which is complicit in carrying out China’s One Child Policy. In addition, Gingrich supported restrictions on funding for assisted suicide.

In the 2012 presidential race, Gingrich has pledged to appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court, end taxpayer funding of abortion, de-fund Planned Parenthood and sign into law a federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Gingrich is also committed to repealing the pro-abortion Obama healthcare law, which contains massive abortion funding and threats of rationing. . . . .

Editor’s notes: the chief complaint is not that Gingrich is pro-abortion, but that he “only recently” changed from believing life begins at implantation to “life begins at fertilization.” The first position allows for “abortion” via the “morning after” pill. The later thought does not. I personally believe this rating is extremely misleading and does the truth of Gingrich’s present position no good at all.

Understand that it is most misleading to make this comparative statement: "Speaker Newt Gingrich as the worst of the GOP hopefuls seeking to defeat pro-abortion President Barack Obama." If one did not know better, you might believe that Newt's views are similar to that of Obama's.

If you are pro-life, you will be happy with the Gingrich position.

Update: time between fertilization and implantation is normally between 7 and 10 days.

Also, understand that my defense of Newt is based upon a knowledge of his present position. He believes exactly as I do, now, and "now" is all I care about. Emily's List presents Newt as the "worst" of the bunch when Romney was much further to the Left on this issue. Give me a break.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Emily's List gives Newt an "F" on the abortion issue in a very misleading use of terminology. Emily's List owes Newt an apology, period.

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