{"id":161,"date":"2016-02-06T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2016-02-06T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T16:15:48","slug":"ted-cruz-does-not-support-personhood-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/06\/ted-cruz-does-not-support-personhood-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Does Not Support Personhood Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(Video) Iowa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[ &#8220;Pro-Life is Pro-Personhood&#8221; ! ]<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>&#8211; Ted Cruz does <u>NOT<\/u> support Personhood legislation !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Ted Cruz supports \u201clegal, and unencumbered\u201d birth control (child-prevention); <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Cruz notes he and wife Heidi have (only) \u201ctwo little girls\u201d, says he is \u201cvery glad <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 we don&#8217;t have seventeen [ seven ?].\u201d <\/strong>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>__________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian Ted Cruz takes TOUGH questions in IA. Gas Station <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lfB7ShwtCZw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lfB7ShwtCZw<\/a> Video &#8211; 17:10 Views \u2013 45,322\u00a0 ( as of Feb 6, 2016 ) <strong>Published on Jan 8, 2016 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>__________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Question to Ted Cruz on Personhood legislation<\/u><\/strong> ( At 10:45 into YouTube video below )<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ commentary added in brackets<strong> [\u00a0 ]<\/strong>\u00a0 ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Female questioner (recording with mobile device): \u201cAnd I was wondering if you could tell me real fast what <\/strong><strong>your stance is on so-called personhood legislation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Cruz campaign worker in close proximity with arm extended prepared to move Cruz to next questioner.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ted Cruz:\u00a0 &#8220;Um, I believe we should protect every human life, from the moment of conception to the moment <\/strong><strong>of death. [ ? ] I have <u>not<\/u> supported personhood legislation because I think, and the pro-life community <\/strong><strong>is divided on this, but I think personhood legislation can be counterproductive because it focuses on<\/strong><strong>\u00a0issues that are unrelated to protecting unborn children [ <em>sic<\/em> ], <\/strong><strong>and I think our focus should be valuing <\/strong><strong>and cherishing every human life.&#8221; [ <em>sic <\/em>\u2013 that is exactly what personhood legislation does !!! ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Cruz campaign worker moves in closer to move Cruz on to next questioner, and speaks to female questioner.]<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Female questioner: \u201cOK, and will that impact what kind of birth control you think should be legal?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ted Cruz:\u00a0 &#8220;I believe that birth control should be legal, and unencumbered.\u00a0 And, and there are a lot of folks in politics that try to <\/strong><strong>paint a false picture, they try to scare people to suggest that their politician&#8217;s trying to go after their birth control.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not true.\u00a0 It is a made-up threat.\u00a0 As I have observed more than once, my wife Heidi and I, we have two little girls. I&#8217;m very glad we don&#8217;t have seventeen [ seven ?].&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ *** It is believed he said seventeen, Cruz married Heidi in 2001 ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cruz campaign worker now actually breaks in and says \u201cThank you, appreciate it\u201d to break off her conversation with Ted Cruz. A<\/strong><strong>s Cruz walks to next questioner, the Cruz campaign worker whispers something in Cruz&#8217;s ear.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cruz says back, appearing annoyed, &#8220;Yes, I know that.&#8221; <\/strong> [ Total time with this female questioner was just over one minute: 10:45 &#8211; 11:50 on YouTube video ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>_________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>_________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; DID TED CRUZ LIE TO GEORGIA RIGHT TO LIFE WHEN HE SIGNED PERSONHOOD PLEDGE ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Georgia Right to Life PAC Endorses Ted Cruz for President<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiannewswire.com\/news\/822076498.html\">http:\/\/www.christiannewswire.com\/news\/822076498.html<\/a> [ Excerpts, emphasis added ]<\/p>\n<p>NORCROSS, Ga., Aug. 8, 2015 &#8211; <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Cruz received the endorsement after reviewing his activities supporting personhood and <strong>receiving his <\/strong><strong><u>signed<\/u><\/strong><strong> GRTL PAC Personhood Affirmation, which asks that candidates support a personhood amendment\u00a0\u00a0to the U.S. Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Such an amendment would guarantee a constitutional right to life for every innocent human being, from earliest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0biological beginning until natural death.\u00a0\u00a0 [ continued\u2026 ]<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video) Iowa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[ &#8220;Pro-Life is Pro-Personhood&#8221; ! ] \u00a0 &#8211; Ted Cruz does NOT support Personhood legislation !!! &#8211; Ted Cruz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,34,5],"tags":[30,33,12,32],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-elections","category-gop-candidates","category-personhood","tag-gop-candidates","tag-grtl-pac","tag-personhood","tag-ted-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}