Voices from NRLC 2008.(National Right to Life Committee)

NRLC President Dr. Wanda Franz -- According to conventional wisdom, elections are always about the voters' pocketbooks. That, of course doesn't exclude the other, actual issues from being of much greater consequence. Yes, oil prices are high; but oil prices come and go. And taxes go up and down. But this election is foremost about the United States Supreme Court. Whoever wins the presidential election will determine the character of the Court for decades, yes decades! Should the next president make bad decisions about economic policy, the voters will ultimately express their displeasure, and the policies will change accordingly. Mistakes in appointing Supreme Court justices are a different matter altogether. It can take decades to correct such mistakes, as we all found out. That is why we still have to work in the pro-life vineyard, 35 years after Roe and Doe.

Former Senator Fred Thompson -- I don't know how to put it any plainer: If Senator Obama is elected, he will, through Supreme Court and federal court nominations, cause this trend to accelerate. And that will bring about harmful changes in this country that no one in this room will want to see and no one in this room will live long enough to see rectified. During his brief time in the U.S. Senate, the senator strongly opposed the nomination of Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. And without a doubtdespite what he may sayhe would continue to follow the agenda of those who have enabled his meteoric rise: MoveOn.org, the NEA, NARAL, and the remnants of the 1960s radical left that failed then, but sees the opportunity for one last gasp.

From President George W. Bush's video message -- Our nation's Declaration of Independence promises that all people have an unalienable right to life. It states that this right comes from our creator. And that government exists to secure the rights of its citizens. For the past eight years my administration has proudly stood with you to ensure that our nation lives up to this noble promise. ... For eight years we have stood together to defend the principle that every human life has value. I thank all of you for your support, and I join you in looking forward to the day when every child is welcomed in life, and protected in law.

Former Bush White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove -- Now this is a man [Sen. Barack Obama] who stands up and says he is going to bring Republicans and Democrats together, conservatives and liberals together, to achieve great things for the country. If you want to bring the nation together, how can you claim to do that, if you are at the same time supporting the indefensible practice of using taxpayers' dollars to fund abortion? You can't! You can not square that circle. You can not do that and live up to the promise that you made to bring the country together. ... If we believe in a culture of life ... we must use the power that we have as individuals, with people who depend on us for advice and counsel, to make the quiet and persuasive case that every child ought to be welcomed in life and protected in law. Thank you for all that you do for our cause. May God bless the United States of America.

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell -- It is the solemn duty of us in elected office to protect those enumerated, fundamental rights [found in ...