BERGEN COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE

Will Miers replace O`Connor on the bench?

On 10/3/2005, President Bush nominated longtime friend and supporter and White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace outgoing pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O`Connor. Like recently confirmed Chief Justice John Robbers, Miers has no judicial history on abortion. Bush promised she would uphold the rule of law and not legislate from the bench.

If Sen. Brownback of Kansas and Sen. Coburn of Oklahoma vote with Judiciary Committee Democrats against her bid, the negative recommendation from the committee to the full Senate could doom Miers` chances for confirmation.

Brownback said he would be unable to vote for Miers` confirmation if she said she believed Roe v. Wade was "settled law."

White House officials have been working to build support for Miers in the pro-life community. She has been endorsed by the Christian Coalition, National Right to Life and Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Many conservatives believe that pro-life advocates should trust President Bush on Miers because of his strong record of appointing strict constructionists to federal courts.

As the head of the Texas Bar Association in the early 1990s, Miers led an effort to change the ABA`s position on abortion from pro-abortion to neutral. She`s described as pro-life by her longtime companion, pro-life Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht and by her former city council campaign manager.

Miers donated $150 in 1989 to a Texas pro-life group and attended at least two pro-life banquets. She also attends a strongly pro-life evangelical Christian church and she is described as being very involved in it.

source: www.lifenews.com