NARAL Pulls Ad

Im happy to report this morning that the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), now known as Pro-Choice America, has said they will pull the ad involving John Roberts and our Bray v. Alexandria Womens Health Clinic case at the Supreme Court of the United States.  The pressure that was put on NARAL to tell the truth was overwhelming.  What they reported as fact was wrong, what they stated regarding John Robertss opinion was false, and we effectively forced the removal of this ad. 

The decision by NARAL to pull its television ad attacking Supreme Court nominee John Roberts reflects what most American people already know that a smear campaign based on falsehoods designed to discredit a nominee wont work.  The NARAL ad focused on the 1993 Bray case in which the Supreme Court ruled that a 120-year-old federal statute could not  be used against pro-life demonstrators and that those who oppose abortion do not discriminate against women as a class.

The NARAL ad should never have been produced in the first place.  NARALs decision to pull it clearly reflects the fact that the ad was not only factually flawed and without basis in fact, but it was totally ineffective as well.  Everyone understands that this ad was based on falsehoods and the attempt to link John Roberts to abortion clinic violence was absurd.  NARALs decision to pull the ad reflects what the American people already understand that a smear campaign based on untruths will not be tolerated.  John Roberts deserves a fair confirmation hearing based on the facts, and we are hopeful that the NARAL debacle will serve as a warning to other groups that they have to be truthful in their ad promotions. 

In other news, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Pledge of Allegiance constitutional.  This case may be headed to the Supreme Court of the United States.  To read the full report, please click here.