Bush's pro-life message marks 'Roe' anniversary

Bush's pro-life message marks 'Roe' anniversary
But spokesman says he won't philosophize over church policies
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

President Bush believes the Declaration of Independence states that "every person has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," but on the day when the United States marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade abortion decision, which has cost at estimated 50 million lives, the president isn't going to philosophize on the application of individual church beliefs.

The comment came from Tony Snow, presidential spokesman, in response to a question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House.

"With regard to today's March for Life, does the president believe that the positions of Catholic Sens. (Ted) Kennedy, (Susan) Collins, (Christopher) Dodd, (Joseph) Biden, (John) Kerry, (Barbara) Mikulsi and (Patrick) Leahy and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi on this issue, and their not being ex-communicated, means that Catholic Church opposition to all but partial-birth abortion is now as absent as the one-time voluble church opposition to contraception?" he asked.

"The president is not going to sit around and engage in the chin-pulling exercise of trying to determine how people, may, in fact, interpret Catholic dogma. His belief on the sanctity of life is well known," Snow said.
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