{"id":8223,"date":"2004-01-07T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2004-01-07T08:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/the_next_democratic_nominee.html"},"modified":"2004-01-07T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2004-01-07T08:50:10","slug":"the_next_democratic_nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/the_next_democratic_nominee.html","title":{"rendered":"The next Democratic Nominee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Neumayr on Howard Dean<\/a>, who served on the board of Planned Parenthood, did an OB-GYN rotation for a PP clinic, but denies having performed abortions.<\/p>\n

\nSurely Dean will at least take credit for abortion referrals. Recall his NARAL dinner speech last year where, in a attempt to score a debating point against parental notification laws, he described an occasion in his medical office where he lent a sympathetic ear to a 12-year-old who had been impregnated by her father. Under questioning from NBC’s Tim Russert, Dean had to admit his incest story was bogus. The girl’s father wasn’t involved. Russert: “\u2026when you told the story, you knew otherwise.” Dean: “That’s right.” Russert: “Why didn’t you say that?” Dean: “Because it didn’t make any difference.”(It would have made a difference for his argument. He needed the incest fabrication to punctuate the story with the line: “You explain that to the American people who think that parental notification is a good idea.”) <\/p>\n

Such lies and schemes are familiar to Vermont pro-lifers. They are still shaking their heads over Dean’s “Dr. Dynasaur” health care program which allowed low-income mothers to claim their unborn child for eligibility in the program, then gave them funds to abort the child. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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