Specter urges abortion rights group to pull anti-Roberts ad

[truthpusher]

http://www.oxfordpress.com/biz/content/shared/news/nation/stories/08/12ROBERTS.html

Specter urges abortion rights group to pull anti-Roberts ad
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By BOB DART
Cox News Service
Friday, August 12, 2005
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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged an abortion rights group Thursday to pull a controversial TV spot charging that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts sided with violent fringe groups and a bomber of abortion clinics in legal proceedings.

The 30-second spot sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice America has fueled a firestorm as the Senate prepares for Robert's confirmation hearing after Labor Day.

The "television advertisement is blatantly untrue and unfair," wrote Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., in a letter to the group's president, Nancy Keenan. "I write to urge NARAL Pro-Choice America to cancel the 30-second television spot which unfairly attacks" the nominee.

Specter specifically objected to the ad's "assertions" that Roberts filed Supreme Court briefs "supporting violent fringe groups and a convicted clinic bomber" and that "America can't afford a justice whose ideology leads him to excuse violence against other Americans."

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complete story: http://www.oxfordpress.com/biz/content/shared/news/nation/stories/08/12ROBERTS.html

[Eric J in MN]

1. They pulled it, so his wish came true (nt)

nt

[Moderator]

2. Dated August 12

Not LBN