In a 2005 op-ed piece in the Shreveport Times, Johnson also compared the judicial philosophy that legalized the right to an abortion to Hitler's.
Washington — In an op-ed he wrote in 2005, newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson called abortion 'a holocaust' and linked the judicial philosophy that legalized the right to an abortion to Hitler.The op-ed was a response to the death of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman whose vegetative state triggered a long legal battle and federal action from Congress.
Johnson, a former talk-radio host and attorney who is serving his fourth term in Congress, underwent little public vetting before winning unanimous Republican support in the House floor vote Wednesday afternoon. Though he has consistently denounced abortion rights, the 2005 editorial uses language and analogies that are prompting strong criticism from Democrats and some advocacy groups.In the editorial, Johnson wrote about the death of Schiavo, linking her death to the issue of abortion.
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