Miers and Girls Incorporated

To deflect some of the heat she is going to take for her 1989 questionnaire answer vowing support for a pro-life constitutional amendment, Harriet Miers can point out that, a mere two years earlier, she served as chair of the advisory board of Girls Incorporated of Dallas.  Girls Incorporated is the group currently at the center of various pro-life boycotts.  As stated on the group's website,

Girls Incorporated affirms that girls and young women should make responsible decisions about sexuality, pregnancy and parenthood.

We recognize the right of all women to choose whether, when, and under what circumstances to bear children. Reproductive freedom and responsibility are essential to other rights and opportunities, including pursuit of education, employment, financial security and a stable and fulfilling family life. Restrictions of reproductive choice are especially burdensome for young women and poor women. Girls Incorporated supports a woman’s freedom of choice, a constitutional right established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 in Roe vs. Wade.

Perhaps this policy came about after 1987, or perhaps it has been openly defied by the Dallas chapter; if not, Miers' involvement with Girls Incorporated could certainly provide another interesting line of questioning at the confirmation hearings.

Rob