Catholic League: "Hillary Has it Both Ways"

From the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights:

September 4, 2007

Hillary Has it Both Ways
New York senator and presidential would-be Hillary Clinton was recently asked about Catholic hospitals that do not wish to provide women with emergency contraception, which in some cases can act as an abortifacient. According to the Associated Press, Senator Clinton replied that “conscience clauses” are appropriate in some situations, but “if there is a justifiable reason for some professional not to offer services, then wherever that professional works, there has to be immediate offering of services.”

In other words, Senator Clinton says she would support certain individuals following their consciences and religious dictates, but not any institution as a whole. So Catholic hospitals would be required to violate Catholic teaching and belief.

Thus does the senator try to play to both sides, and ultimately fails to support those hospitals run by religious institutions that seek to operate within the guidelines of their respective religious faiths.

And in other Hilliary! news:

Hillary Clinton Says She Won't Compromise on Abortion if Elected President
Portsmouth, NH (LifeNews.com) -- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned in New Hampshire over the weekend and told voters that the she won't soften her hard-core pro-abortion views if she's elected president. That could cause her problems as a recent poll showed extreme pro-abortion views are a turnoff to women voters.

Clinton promised she would bring change as president but also vowed she would never compromise on her pro-abortion views.

"Ultimately, to bring change, you have to know when to stand your ground, and when to find common ground," she said. "You need to know when to stick to principles and fight, and know when to make principled compromises."

Clinton didn't back down from those pro-abortion views in an August speech to leaders at Planned Parenthood.

There, she pledged continuing support for the nation's largest abortion business and bragged of her 100 percent voting record with that organization.

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"[W]hen I'm president, I will devote my very first days in office to reversing these ideological, anti-science, anti-prevention policies that this administration has put into place," she said of President Bush's pro-life policies.

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My Comments:
Earlier today, I noted that I would not vote for Giuliani under any circumstances, even if the alternative was Hilliary! - I stand by that (not that I'd EVER vote for Hilliary! either).

But, damn, if this despicable woman doesn't make voting for Rudy seem almost semi-palatable. (The reason voting for Rudy is NOT an option, however - even if the alternative is Hilliary! - is explained here, here, here, and here.)