Apologize, Karen Hughes! Demand that Karen Hughes Apologize!

On April 25, after the largest showing of support for reproductive rights in history, presidential adviser Karen Hughes invoked the memory of 9/11 and essentially equated pro-choice advocates to terrorists in her attempt to defend President George W. Bush's anti-choice policies.

BLITZER: Karen, how big of an issue will this abortion rights issue be in this campaign?

HUGHES: Well..I think after September 11th the American people are valuing life more and realizing that we need policies to value the dignity and worth of every life...particularly at a time when we're facing an enemy, and really the fundamental difference between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life...
--Source: Karen Hughes, CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, April 25, 2004


Invoking 9/11 to defend this administration's policies regarding reproductive rights was an insensitive and divisive overreach. We are all Americans, and we are patriots, too. An apology is in order.

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This was the March for Women's Lives so in that sense she is right, we do value every life more.

She just got it wrong, that's all.

I think John Kerry is the one who deserves an apology from her, by the way.

The reason 9/11 was so tragic is becasue we ALREADY valued life in such a manner.

"we value you every life." Let Bush explain that for awhile.

Unless you are on death row, unless you could be saved by stem cell research, unless you are a Muslim man, woman, or child in the way of our neocon agenda...

out of touch like her beloved boss! Yup they value life sooo much enough to bomb the living daylights of innocent women and children. Yup, that's valuing life alright--Maybe they should ask her if she's willing to adopt many unwanted children? Lord knows what kind of excuse she'll give.

Asked for her response yesterday, Hughes sent an e-mail saying, "That is a gross distortion and I would never make such a comparison."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47647-2004Apr27.html

I guess if she repeats that over and over, it will become true.