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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU APRIL 22, 2004 17:09:25 ET XXXXX KERRY ABORTION FLIP: ADVOCATED 'STATE ISSUE' **Exclusive** Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry will attend a rally for women's abortion rights in Washington, DC on Friday. At the rally, Kerry will ask attendees to join him in the fight by getting involved in his campaign. But the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal: Kerry claimed in an interview he was "opposed to abortion" and how its an issue "that should be left for the states to decide." MORE Kerry told the LOWELL SUN in October, 1972: "...It's a tragic day in the lives of everybody when abortion is looked on as an alternative to birth control or as an alternative to having a child.� I think that's wrong.� It should be the very last thing if it has to be anything, and I say that not just because I'm opposed to abortion but because I think that's common sense."� Kerry declared: "I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide."� In 1975, SUN reporter John Mullins outlined how Kerry believed there were larger issues than abortion including "how to put people back to work, how to reduce crime and how to keep institutions from breaking down." "'I think liberals spend too much time pushing issues which just aren't relevant to the mass of people,' Kerry said, including among such issues abortion, the death penalty and amnesty." Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereportArchives.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2004 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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