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Alan Keyes rallies forces on 40th anniversary of Colorado law.
Keyes urges anti-abortion activists to keep fighting
By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press
April 26, 2007
Likening abortion to terrorism, conservative commentator Alan Keyes on Wednesday called on anti-abortion rights activists to remain committed to ending abortion completely without compromise.
In legalizing abortion, Keyes said, the United States abandoned the principle that every person is created equal, a right that comes from the "hand of almighty God," and allowed innocent babies to be killed just as terrorists kill innocent people.
He likened judges who have allowed abortion to serial killers who take a false premise and logically work their way to their conclusion to justify their killing.
Keyes delivered a fiery speech to about 200 people gathered at the state Capitol to mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of a Colorado law that expanded abortion rights.
Colorado was the first of 15 states to either allow abortion under more exceptions or to completely decriminalize it before Roe vs. Wade legalized it nationwide.
The activists who gathered talked over strategy on how to move forward. Much of the discussion focused on criticizing fellow anti-abortion activists who have pushed for state bans that allow exceptions for things such as rape.
Keyes echoed that, criticizing the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the federal "partial-birth" abortion ban because it was based on the premise that there is a constitutional right to abortion.
Keyes, who unsuccessfully challenged Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, also criticized Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney for what he considered weak positions on abortion.
He said anti-abortion activists have to continue fighting for an end to abortion without rushing to make compromises or thinking about when they will win.
"We will tell them no, we will not allow a murder and will not call it a right," Keyes said.
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