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...Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said yesterday, "I think there's a litmus test here, but it's not abortion. And the litmus test is truth. At this point the president and Dr. Foster's versions of the truth seem to be changing every...
...Monday, as anti-abortion groups got into the fray, the statistics became larger and the denials more vehement. The groups released a transcript of a 1978 hearing at which Foster was quoted as saying, "I have done a lot of amniocentesis and therapeutic abortions, probably near 700," Foster denied the statement...
...numbers game continued Wednesday, when Foster appeared on ABC's "Nightline" and said that, after carefully checking his records, he had performed 39 abortions in his life--a far cry from "less than a dozen...
...Christian Coalition and the National Clergy Council, but that is to be expected. Rep. Nita Lowey, chair of the House Pro-Choice Task Force, was correct when she said in a news conference this week that "the idea that performing a legal, medical procedure could even possible disqualify Dr. Foster is an outrage," but it is certainly understandable that anti-abortion groups might subscribe to that idea...
...What is far less understandable, however, is the White House's poor handling of the nomination. By slipping in only after announcing the nomination the fact that Foster had performed abortions--and by not giving a definite numbers--the White House made it look as though it of Foster had something to hide...