WASHINGTON, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Attorney General John Ashcroft, announced his resignation Tuesday. He will be sadly missed by pro-life Americans. “The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,” Ashcroft wrote in his resignation letter to President Bush, as reported by The Associated Press.
John Ashcroft, acting as Attorney General, defended a challenge to the President’s Partial Birth Abortion Ban. He challenged Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide laws. At his nomination hearings, he was badgered about his pro-life leanings. “I believe Roe versus Wade as an original matter was wrongly decided,” he said. President George W. Bush was quick to announce a nominee as successor Wednesday. Fox News reported Bush stating, “I am pleased to announce my nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be the attorney general of the United States.” Gonzales has been White House counsel since 2001. He was formerly Texas secretary of state and a judge on the Texas Supreme Court. He also served as President Bush’s counsel when Bush was governor of Texas.
Unlike his solidly pro-life predecessor, Gonzales has a pro-abortion ruling on his record. While acting as a judge at the Texas Supreme Court in 1999, the court was asked to rule on a case where an unmarried, minor girl could have an abortion without notifying her parents—Gonzales voted with the majority to allow the abortion without parental notification.
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