Reply #2: NYT: Abortion Rights Group Revamps Anti-Roberts Ad

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Abortion Rights Group Revamps Anti-Roberts Ad
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: August 27, 2005


WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 - Trying again after an initial misfire, the abortion rights group Naral Pro-Choice America began running a second television commercial on Friday with a broader, more abstract approach to opposing the confirmation of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court.

The new advertisement replaces a controversial one that tried to portray Mr. Roberts as "supporting violent fringe groups" and excusing "violence against other Americans" because he once defended the legal right of a convicted bomber to protest outside an abortion clinic. Naral quickly withdrew it last week after accusations of inaccuracy.

The replacement applies a softer focus. "Privacy, equality, the right to choose, fundamental freedoms Americans have cherished for generations," an announcer says as the screen displays images of parents with children and one of a racially diverse workplace.

"But John Roberts dismisses one of our established liberties as the 'so-called right to privacy,' and co-wrote a brief arguing that Roe v. Wade should be overruled," the announcer continues. "There is just too much at stake to let John Roberts become a decisive vote on the Supreme Court."

Like the previous advertisement, the commercial does not mention the divisive word "abortion."...


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/politics/politicsspecial1/27naral.html