As a pro-life ‘conservative’ I consider myself Republican because the pary declares on its platform that the right to life of the unborn must be protected. So I am a little concerned about the person who many consider one of the Republican front runners. Rudy Giuliani is very popular and a proven leader, mostly thanks to his wonderful performance as mayor after Sep. 11, and he is an all around likeable guy, I used to love it when he would guest star in skits for Saturday Night Live. Even some conservative ‘leaders’ seem to have embraced him. Though I don’t listen to Sean Hannity regularly, I know that he has had Giuliani on his talk show a number of times and appears to have a favorable opinion of him politically. But the former mayor is also very pro-abortion, is even against a ban on partial-birth abortion, and favors making taxpayers fund embryonic stem cell research. So now he is trying to remidy this by appointing pro-life former Rep. Jim Nussle as the head of his presidential exploratory committee. This does not change his official position on abortion and ESC research, and is most likely an attempt to soften his image on the subject. I pray that voters will see through it and support a candidate who will protect the lives of our weakest citizens.

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Republican Party Platform
see page 84, “Promoting a Culture of Life”