U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) at a town hall in Derry, NH on 10/30/15. Photo credit: Michael Vadon
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) at a town hall in Derry, NH on 10/30/15.
Photo credit: Michael Vadon (CC-By-SA 2.0)

New Hampshireā€™s first-in-the-nation primary is almost here. Bernie Sanders is in position to hand Hillary Clinton a loss (though sheā€™s conceding nothing in the final day of campaigning). More than two dozen other presidential candidates will be on the Democratic ballot, including one determined and outspoken pro-life man who isnā€™t worried about the numbers. Henry Hewes is running in several states, with one goal: education about the nature of abortion and the value of the right to life.

ā€œIā€™m not seeking to get a majority of the delegates, so I donā€™t have to worry about being included in every state,ā€ said Hewes in a recent interview with Leaven for the Loaf.   He is on the presidential primary ballot in several states including New Hampshire, Missouri, and Louisiana, and heā€™s on the ballot in Puerto Rico as well.

Henry Hewes (photo from electhenryhewes2016.com)
Henry Hewes (photo from electhenryhewes2016.com)

ā€œWhat Iā€™m looking to do is to run ads nationwide, not really designed or focused around getting people to vote for Henry Hewes, but around pro-life education. All across the country, I think the prolife movement has largely failed to educate the average American as to whatā€™s going on. When I turn to people and I say ā€˜you realize 3500 babies will be murdered todayā€™, it never occurred to people thatā€™s actually going on. The average American doesnā€™t keep track of this. If I describe to people a partial-birth abortion, the great majority of people literally do not believe me.If I describe what happens in a d&c abortion, the great majority of just normal Americans donā€™t believe it.ā€

Hewes continued, ā€œI continue to believe that if you put me in a room with Hillary Clinton and twenty average people ā€¦ and Hillary Clinton described honestly her position on abortion, and explained that she believes people have an absolute right to kill their babies, that this includes partial-birth abortion however grisly that is, includes third-term abortion, includes abortions because you donā€™t like the sex of your baby, includes abortions to avoid having retarded children in the world, and that 58 million people killed since 1973 is a small price to pay for the rights of women to control their bodies, and I then explain my side, I think the majority of the people in New Hampshire would say ā€˜well, I donā€™t really agree a hundred percent with either Henry or Hillary, but Iā€™m sure as hell a lot closer to Henry.ā€™ā€

Read more at Leaven for the Loaf.

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