Clark on Abortion

Clark made his postion on abortion quite clear this week: Abortion decision is the mom's alone.

Democrat Wesley Clark said yesterday he would never appoint a pro-life judge to the federal bench because the judge’s anti-abortion views would render him unable to follow the established judicial precedent of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

And, wow:

"Lfe," he said, "begins with the mother's decision."

This strikes me as a radical position to take, as it takes science totally out of the picutre, and brings up questions, such as those raised by political philosopher Peter Singer, as to whether the mother ought not have the right to end the chld's life, even after birth (in cases of disability specifically).

And I can't think that categorical statements such as this: “I’m not going to be appointing judges who are pro-life" are going to help him with those conservative Democrats and swing voters, especially in the South, that are supposed to help him beat Bush, should he best Dean in the primaries.