We were under the impression, mistaken it turns out, that Mary Matalin, former host of Crossfire and now a top adviser to Vice President Cheney, is a squish on abortion. Usually identified as a GOP “moderate,” which is code for pro-choice, Matalin says it ain’t so and never has been. “I’ve always been pro-life,” she tells THE SCRAPBOOK. She strongly rejects the feminist notion that having the right to choose “validates your womanhood.” How, she asks, can “being able to abort a baby validate your womanhood?”
Matalin not only says the Roe v. Wade decision was “bad law,” she argues that women should be required to have a sonogram before having an abortion. “That’s better than ‘informed consent.’ Even before babies are shaped, you see that little heart. It’s baby, not a blob.” Matalin insists she’s “not a moderate. The only thing I’m libertarian on is gays. On everything else, I’m to the right of Attila the Hun.”
