Stones Cry Out

First, what Condi said:

We should not have the federal government in a position where it is forcing its views on one side or the other. So, for instance, I've tended to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it.

I am a strong proponent of parental notification. I am a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be. We ought to have a culture that says, "Who wants to have an abortion? Who wants to see a daughter or a friend or a sibling go through something like that?"

What Laura Bush has said:

No, I don't think [Roe v. Wade] should be overturned...[Instead we should do] what we can to limit the number of abortions, to try to reduce the number of abortions in a lot of ways, and that is, by talking about responsibility with girls and boys, by teaching abstinence, having abstinence classes everywhere in schools and in churches and in Sunday school.

What President Bush has said:

I think a noble goal for this country that any child, born or unborn, need to be protected by law and welcomed to life. I know we need to change a lot of minds before we get there in America. We can find common ground on issues of parental consent or notification. I know we need to ban partial birth abortions.

I'm of the opinion that we should not, by judicial fiat, make abortion illegal in America. We should do what we can to whittle away at Roe v. Wade, first and foremost by confirming judges that will uphold a ban on partial birth abortion and support parental notification. In the mean time, we must pray and persuade; pray for God to change the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans who do not agree with us (see these polling data - in most poss, less than 25% of Americans think abortion should be illegal), and peruade them towards our position on abortion - that it is murder and not a choice.

But this issue as it relates to Condi should be moot. This morning on Meet the Press, she told Tim Russert, "I won’t run." Now, if she continues to say that she won't run for President, and then flips come 2007, I'd be more disappointed in her than I was after hearing of her "mildly pro-choice" stance on abortion.