Miers shows evidence of ardent pro-choice-ness?

NYT reports…

On the day the Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers was expected to submit more complete answers to a Senate questionnaire, she was instead confronted with more questions about her legal views on abortion and how she would approach cases involving President Bush’s military policies.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Ms. Miers, in a 1993 speech in Dallas, spoke approvingly about a trend toward “self-determination” in resolving debates about law and religion, including those involving abortion rights and religion in public schools and public places.
“The ongoing debate continues surrounding the attempt to once again criminalize abortions or to once and for all guarantee the freedom of the individual woman’s right to decide for herself whether she will have an abortion,” Ms. Miers said, according to a copy of the speech. “Questions about what can be taught or done in public places or public schools are presented frequently to the courts.”
Ms. Miers continued, “The underlying theme in most of these cases is the insistence of more self-determination. The more I think about these issues, the more self-determination makes the most sense. Legislating religion or morality we gave up on a long time ago.”
She added later, “When science determines the facts, and decisions vary based upon religious belief, then government should not act.”


This is naturally fueling quite a bit of controversy, such as our not so fave gal pals Concerned Women for America, who have immediately said she is not a qualified enough candidate and have joined in the complicated and frequently sexist Miers backlash.
They are SO predictable, but f them. What do we think about this?

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