WHAT OF NEW US SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BILL FRIST?
PRO: STATEMENT FROM NAT’L RIGHT TO LIFE regarding the position of Senator Bill Frist (R-Tn.) on pro-life issues: “Senator Frist has a pro-life voting record. In a 1998 letter to constituents, Senator Frist wrote, ‘As a physician, my professional ethics are grounded in preserving life, and I am opposed to abortion. I would make exceptions for instances of rape, incest, or to preserve the life of the mother.’ Regarding human cloning — another pro-life issue much in the news recently — Senator Frist has repeatedly expressed support for legislation to ban the cloning of human embryos; President Bush and National Right to Life also support such legislation.” Another positive perspective can be found at: http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/A0023807.html CON: TERRY JEFFREY IN HUMAN EVENTS reports that Sen. Frist is a major shareholder in HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) an abortion provider, and that he was a strong supporter of President Clinton’s pro-abortion Surgeon General nominee
