Obama Picks Pro-Abortion Napolitano for Homeland Security, But Helps Arizona

State   |   Steven Ertelt   |   Nov 20, 2008   |   9:00AM   |   WASHINGTON, DC

Obama Picks Pro-Abortion Napolitano for Homeland Security, But Helps Arizona

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
November 20
, 2008

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Incoming president Barack Obama has picked pro-abortion Gov. Janet Napolitano to become his new head of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano constantly chagrined pro-life advocates with her vetoes of pro-life legislation and the pick may help get pro-life laws on the books there.

Napolitano would have to survive a Senate confirmation vote, which isn’t expected to be difficult despite some criticism of her on other issues.

Should she be confirmed, pro-life Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer would become the state’s next governor — which appears to be good news for pro-life groups.

That would put pro-life advocates in control of both the state legislature and the governor’s seat and would theoretically make it easier to get new laws on the books.

Napolitano has been a formidable obstacle as governor. She vetoed every piece of abortion legislation that has come across her desk — seven pro-life measures in total.

In April, she vetoed both a partial-birth abortion ban as well as a bill to strengthen parental consent requirements.

Cathi Herrod, president of The Center for Arizona Policy, told LifeNews.com at the time that the veto had Napolitano showing "her radical pro-abortion position."

“The Governor is establishing a track record of being one of the most pro-abortion governors this country has ever seen,” said Herrod.

Napolitano refused to sign measures to make sure taxpayer funds don’t pay for abortions for state workers and another providing better enforcement of parental consent on abortions.

Napolitano also vetoed a bill that would allow women to know that an unborn baby will feel intense pain during an abortion procedure. The veto came despite researching showing that unborn children have the capacity to feel pain at least after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The governor also vetoed a bill in 2004 that would have allowed women to receive information about abortion’s risks and alternatives that abortion businesses sometimes withhold from women considering abortions.

Napolitano has also vetoed a measure that would have protected pro-life pharmacists from being forced to dispense drugs that could cause abortions.

Related web sites:
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano – https://www.governor.state.az.us
Center for Arizona Policy – https://www.azpolicy.org

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