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Reject President Bush's Anti-Choice Nominee, Robert Conrad

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America

Do you remember Richard Honaker? He was President Bush's pick for a lifetime appointment to a federal district court who tried to outlaw abortion three times in Wyoming. Now, Bush is at it again! This time, he and his allies in the Senate are pushing for a new anti-choice nominee as judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals: Robert Conrad. Robert Conrad has called Planned Parenthood a "radical, pro-abortion fringe group" that "promotes a radical abortion agenda." What's more, from 1983 to 1986, Conrad served on the board of directors for a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" that provided medically inaccurate information about pregnancy, contraception and abortion. Clearly, he isn't fair-minded – and he doesn't deserves a lifetime appointment as a federal judge! Urge your senators to reject the nomination of Robert Conrad today.

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Dear Senator [Name],

As your constituent, I urge you to reject Robert Conrad, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Conrad has a clear anti-choice record. In 1988, Conrad wrote an op-ed piece for The Charlotte Observer in which he labeled Planned Parenthood a "radical, pro-abortion fringe group" that "promotes a radical abortion agenda."

From 1983 to 1986, Conrad served on the board of directors for the Charlottesville Pregnancy Center, an organization seemingly modeled as a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" (CPC). Many CPCs intentionally misinform and mislead women who are seeking pregnancy-related assistance by providing medically inaccurate information about pregnancy, contraception, or abortion. In fact, the Charlottesville Pregnancy Center's website includes anti-choice propaganda like, "Remember that abortion doesn't erase a mistake - it only adds new ones."

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I urge you to carefully review Conrad's record and oppose this nomination should it reach the Senate floor for a vote.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
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We signed the “Reject President Bush's Anti-Choice Nominee, Robert Conrad” petition!

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8:11 pm PDT, Jun 21, Christopher Pond, Florida

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10:42 am PDT, Jun 21, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas

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6:26 pm PDT, Jun 16, Nichole Dubuisson, Florida

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2:27 pm PDT, Jun 16, Name not displayed, California
This is not a matter of choice for women or a choice for men. This is a HUMAN choice. We have complete right to decide what is the right choice for our own bodies, and the government should not have any power over this. The only thing that the government should invest in is in providing these choices. It is much safer to have abortions be legal for this reason, because the act will still exist whether the choice is there or not. Clearly, Conrad does not understand the value of Planned Parenthood because he doesn't care to know. So many women already rely on this source for contraceptions, which, of course, prevents unintended pregnancies by huge numbers. Why not concentrate on providing choices that help minumize the number of abortions rather than nix the choice completely? After all, Conrad, you don't want a law passing that doesn't give you the right to choose what you do with your body. I will leave you with a thought that obviously didn't cross your conservative mind: pro-choice doesn't mean anti-life.

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1:41 pm PDT, Jun 16, Carrie Kistner, Connecticut
I personally believe in freedom of choice regardless of whether or not I agree with abortion.

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12:38 pm PDT, Jun 16, Allison Ferraiolo, California

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9:38 am PDT, Jun 16, Elisha Pavlick, New Jersey

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5:18 pm PDT, Jun 15, Wendi Nagy, Massachusetts

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11:07 am PDT, Jun 9, Paul Riley, Pennsylvania

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7:08 pm PDT, Jun 8, Mary E. Reed, Nebraska
It is my belief that few if any abortions are undertaken lightly. There must be many cases where the child who is aborted may be severely handicapped, a person for whom even a short life would be a difficult painful struggle. I agree that abortion is not a viable form of family planning, but circumstances do exist where safe and legal abortion needs to remain an available choice. The highly emotional words used by Conrad to eliminate abortion as a choice should also eliminate the possibly that he be confirmed as a judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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6:31 pm PDT, Jun 8, Name not displayed, California

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4:57 pm PDT, Jun 8, Crystal Cox, Maryland

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4:08 am PDT, Jun 8, Mary Jane Magee, Arizona

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4:02 am PDT, Jun 8, L. Damon, New York
What could possibly doom a child's life more than being unwanted?

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3:53 am PDT, Jun 8, Deb McCaig, New York

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2:18 am PDT, Jun 8, Leiah Sariell, Finland

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10:46 pm PDT, Jun 7, Laura Stroud, Wisconsin
A judge should be fair minded and impartial when enforcing the law- not interpreting it to meet their own agenda. Neither a radical pro- choice nor a radical pro-life individual should be a judge. Please reject Robert Conrad's nomination and find a more impartial individual to serve this country's legal system.

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8:58 pm PDT, Jun 7, Gaby M., Florida

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8:48 pm PDT, Jun 7, Jim Phillips, California
Just the fact that Robert Conrad is so biased he cannot give a fair interpretation of the Laws . He does not deserve any Judgeship ever. Please reject this man, Robert Conrad. Thank you.

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1:52 pm PDT, Jun 7, Lynn Curran, New York

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