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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 18, 2008
CONTACT: Diane Gramley 1.814.437.5355 or 1.814.271.9078

Ridge is Wrong, Pro-Abortion VP Choice Would be Mistake

(Harrisburg) – One way to alienate Pennsylvania pro-life voters would be for Senator John McCain to choose a pro-abortion running mate, the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide pro-family organization said today. On Sunday former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge remarked he did not think the GOP would have a problem with McCain choosing a pro-abortion vice-presidential running mate.

“The last time I checked the Republican Platform still has a pro-life plank. To sway from that strong pro-life stance would be a mistake of epic proportions. Pro-lifers are a large voting block and it would not be wise for any candidate to ignore them,” commented Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.

Page 84 of the Republican Platform states, “As a country, we must keep our pledge to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence. That is why we say the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.”

The ‘big tent’ approach former Governor Ridge spoke of in his comments on Sunday can have a devastating effect upon any party that presents itself as pro-life and pro-family. A ‘tent’ can become too big and weaken its stalwart supporters and collapse.

“Any truly pro-life voter would have trouble with a pro-abortion presidential or vice presidential candidate. If John McCain expects to take Pennsylvania in November, he needs to choose a pro-life and pro-family running mate,” Gramley further stated.

Speaking as an individual, Gramley said McCain’s best choice to get the pro-family, pro-life vote he needs would be former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

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