Mr. Interviewer....did you notice that he did not answer the question? Tom Yancey of the Greenville Sun conducted a standard interview with candidate Mike McWherter (D) running for governor for TN. Note the question was about whether or not McWherter would support SJR 127, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow our elected legislators to enact regulations around legalized abortion? Good question. But candidate McWherter choose to ignore it and give his stock answer to abortion that did not in any way address whether he would support SJR 127. No follow up from the interviewer...just allowed McWherter to give a non response. So Mr. Yancey gets an A for a good question ( some print reporters don't even understand the issue) and a D for allowing the candidate to get away with not answering.
Oh well, the election is almost over and he has no chance of winning, but I wanted to make this point anyway.
What is your position concerning abortion? As a result of court rulings in Tennessee in recent years, the Tennessee Constitution is currently interpreted as invalidating almost all limitations on abortion. Would you support an amendment to the state constitution that would make the state constitution neutral on the subject of abortion, leaving it to the legislature and federal law to decide what Tennessee's abortion laws would be?
"I am personally against abortion. My faith leads me that way. I would never commit state tax dollars to support abortions. But, I believe in the end this has to be a choice of the woman, her doctor, her family and hopefully her clergy."
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