Many people have claimed that George Walker Bush, President of the United States, impregnated a woman in 1971, and helped her get an illegal abortion.
The best article that I have found about this topic comes from LA Weekly:
"Back in 2000, I got a phone call from an attorney from Houston," begins Flynt in a passage about two-thirds of the way through his book. "He represented a woman we'll call `Susan,' who supposedly could prove that, back in the early '70s, George W. Bush had arranged an abortion for his girlfriend."
Flynt was immediately interested; here was ammunition to sink Bush in an election too close to call. It would be damning enough for Bush to have arranged an abortion, but, even worse, abortion was illegal in 1971, before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Laws didn't stop abortions, of course, though they did make them dangerous and even life-threatening for most women. The wealthy or well-connected were frequently luckier; they could often find doctors willing to perform abortions safely in a hospital or clinic setting. That is what allegedly happened here.
All of this mattered in the year 2000 because "Bush was successfully slipping past allegations of cocaine use, drunk driving and being a useless rich boy," writes Flynt. "But arranging for an abortion was a more serious matter. Bush's own supporters said that abortion is murder."
The article goes on to discuss Flynt's investigation. So far, the results are inconclusive. But as far as I know, no one has actually asked Bush if he helped one of his girlfriends get an abortion. And when Flynt brought the topic up on a mainstream news program, he was cut off, and his comments were removed from the program's transcript.
The American people have a right to know if this story is true.
The question is how can we force Bush to answer these serious allegations? How can we force the media to ask these questions. Should we e-mail mainstream media reporters? Should we form a group that will bring attention to this issue, and force reporters to ask about this story?
I'm all ears.
