Thursday, February 24, 2005
One More Reason Why John Howard is a Great Man
Australia's defiant PM, John Howard, who has stood beside the US despite the rantings and ravings of the loony left in his own country, has once again set the agenda down under: now he is leading a movement to slowly end the holocaust of abortion in Australia. One chip at a time, John, one chip at a time...
Australia faces anti-abortion movement
Liberalism in being pushed back around the world, and democracy is on the march. Thanks to men like George W. Bush and John Howard, maybe abortion will soon be outlawed worldwide, too.
Australia's defiant PM, John Howard, who has stood beside the US despite the rantings and ravings of the loony left in his own country, has once again set the agenda down under: now he is leading a movement to slowly end the holocaust of abortion in Australia. One chip at a time, John, one chip at a time...
Australia faces anti-abortion movement
It's been 25 years since Australia tore itself apart debating the rights and wrongs of abortion. But the issue has resurfaced courtesy of the preparedness of Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his advisers to take a leaf out of Karl Rove's tactics textbook and the successful export of U.S. fundamentalist churches to Australia over the past five years.
Over the past month a group of right-wing Australian members of Parliament, sanctioned by the conservative Howard, have begun a campaign to outlaw "late-term abortions." This group is allying itself with churches and anti-abortion groups that are borrowing heavily from their U.S. colleagues when it comes to campaign tactics.
Howard is an unashamed admirer of Rove, President Bush's political tactics mastermind. When Howard introduced his own political strategist, Lynton Crosby, to Bush in 2001, he called him the "Karl Rove of Australian politics."
Liberalism in being pushed back around the world, and democracy is on the march. Thanks to men like George W. Bush and John Howard, maybe abortion will soon be outlawed worldwide, too.
