In his recent remarks to the National Baptist Convention, President Clinton concluded, “Twenty-seven percent of all pregnancies end in abortion. . .that’s too many.” Recall that on other occasions he has stated that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare.”
Of course, if there is nothing morally wrong with abortion, then why is 27 percent too high a figure for an abortion rate? And if abortion is a constitutionally protected right, then why should it be made “rare?” (Insert a truly legitimate constitutional freedom into Clinton’s latter argument to see the absurdity of such reasoning: “As a guaranteed right, free speech should be protected but minimized.”)
How can Clinton’s contradictory words be reconciled with his unwavering devotion to promoting abortion on demand? Could it be that in his heart he knows that abortion truly is wrong, that it violently destroys an innocent life? Or was he merely pandering to the Baptist convention, hoping that no one there would recognize the chasm between his rhetoric and his actions? Whatever the answer, his brazen hypocrisy knows no shame.
