Rove Hits Obama on Abortion Issue

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Jul 5, 2008 11:19 AM EDT Karl Rove used a speech on Friday before a prominent anti-abortion group to attack Senator Barack Obama for his abortion rights positions and praise his opponent Senator John McCain for his family values. Mr. Rove, the former top adviser to President Bush, told members of National Right to Life that Mr. Obama was threatening “to strike down all the good work that you’ve done over decades” through his support of the federal Freedom of Choice Act and other pieces of legislation that would advance abortion rights. “This is a man who stands up and says he is going to bring Republicans and Democrats together to achieve great things for the country,” Mr. Rove said. “How can you claim to do that if you are at the same time supporting the divisive practice of using taxpayer... [read full story]