Today in Iowa, Congressman Ron Paul eased up, at least for a moment, on the Federal Reserve bashing, and sought to highlight his strong pro-life credentials. From Politico:
The libertarian-leaning presidential candidate, who is an obstetrician by training, has long opposed abortion rights, but has not emphasized it in his presidential campaigns.
In his speech this afternoon, Paul described himself as "very strong right to life" and claimed that when he was in training in the 1950s, "It was assumed everybody was pro-life and abortions weren’t to be done."
By the 1960s, Paul said, that was changing. He recalled that physicians were "defying the law in doing abortions," and told a bracing story of seeing doctors deliver a baby via Caesarean section and then "put it in a bucket in the corner of the room and let it die and pretended nobody heard it."
"We cannot play God and make those decisions. All life is precious," Paul said. "You have to understand where that liberty and that life comes from. It does not come from the government. It comes from our creators."
I wonder why no one did anything about that baby...
I admire his tenacity. This is one of the most impassioned, personal pro-life speeches I have heard. He goes on, of course, about the wars, the Patriot Act, etc., which is classic Ron Paul, but his pro-life message and critique of airport security are worth listening to.
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