LTE: Joe May Misleads on Abortion

Dear Editor,

Joe May keeps ignoring his record and hoping we will, too.

In separate Washington Post interviews, Joe May is on the record saying he supports a right to abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. These statements were published on June 3, 1993 and Nov. 2, 1995.

I've been waiting to see how the May campaign would address his pro-abortion record, if they addressed it at all. After last week's interview with Judy Stearns with the Purcellvile Gazette, May's strategy with regard to his record on abortion is clear – pretend that it doesn't exist, and hope the voters will just believe his campaign mail. Not so fast.

In this May 17 Purcellville Gazette interview, May said, "I am 100 percent pro life. I always have been and always will be." I know that years ago he spoke in favor of a women's right to choose and even in favor of some abortion. When I was running against him in 1993 for the seat he holds now, he told many audiences in my presence: "Abortion is between a woman and her doctor." He even told this to high school students at Valley High School in Purcellville. This in itself is a scandal.

Before reading the Gazette interview I hoped he had changed his mind but when he denied that I was shocked.

May has apparently decided not to explain his old and new positions on abortion. Is he afraid of the truth? He should be honest about what he believes even if it is means risking the election. Why doesn't he come out and debate/challenge Dave LaRock on the issue of the sanctity of human life? Why is he hiding?

For this voter, lying about anything is a for sure way turn me off! 

Christina Huth