Editing Eunice Kennedy Shriver (section)

==Political involvement==
Shriver actively campaigned for her elder brother, John, during his successful [[John F. Kennedy 1960 presidential campaign|1960 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2009/08/eunice-kennedy-shriver-stumped-in-n-j-during-1960-campaign/|title=Eunice Kennedy Shriver stumped in N.J. during 1960 campaign|website=[[The New York Observer]] |date=August 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2009/aug/11/eunice-kennedy-shriver-dies|title=Eunice Kennedy Shriver: a life in pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=August 11, 2009|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

Although Shriver was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], she was a vocal supporter of the [[anti-abortion movement]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/opinion/31douthat.html|title=Opinion &#124; A Different Kind of Liberal|first=Ross|last=Douthat|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 30, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816191246/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/opinion/31douthat.html |archive-date= Aug 16, 2023 }}</ref> In 1990, Shriver wrote a letter to ''[[The New York Times]]'' denouncing an [[abortion rights]] group for having used a quotation of President Kennedy's words out of context in support of their position.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/opinion/l-jfk-would-have-defended-bishops-right-to-fight-abortion-884290.html|title=Opinion &#124; J.F.K. Would Have Defended Bishops' Right to Fight Abortion|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 13, 1990 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816191240/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/opinion/l-jfk-would-have-defended-bishops-right-to-fight-abortion-884290.html |archive-date= Aug 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biofiles: Eunice Kennedy Shriver |url=http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/shriver_eunice_kennedy.htm |access-date=August 11, 2009 |website= The History Guy }}</ref> Shriver was one of several prominent Democrats – including [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|Governor]] [[Robert P. Casey]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|Bishop]] [[Austin Vaughan]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] – who took out a full-page ''The New York Times'' advertisement opposing "abortion on demand" during the 1992 Democratic Convention (the Party adopted a 1992 platform that emphasized its support for abortion rights).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2vz8tA9|title='If You're a Pro-life Democrat … You Know You're Standing Alone'|first=Jennifer|last=Haberkorn|website=POLITICO Magazine |date=August 3, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026193717/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/03/democrats-abortion-pro-choice-life-219154 |archive-date= Oct 26, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-15-mn-3870-story.html|title='92 Democratic Convention : In Spotlight: Republican 'Defectors' : Abortion rights: Six women, saying that 'George Bush has abandoned us,' vow to vote for Clinton.|date=July 15, 1992|website=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816212949/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-15-mn-3870-story.html |archive-date= Aug 16, 2023 }}</ref> Shriver was a supporter of several anti-abortion organizations: [[Feminists for Life|Feminists for Life of America]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.feministsforlife.org/taf/1998/winter/Winter98-99.pdf |title=Remarkable Pro-Life Women |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529185826/http://www.feministsforlife.org/taf/1998/winter/Winter98-99.pdf|archive-date=May 29, 2008 |magazine =The American Feminist |publisher=Feminists for Life of America |volume=5 |issue=4 |date=Winter 1998–1999 |page=18 |access-date=May 28, 2008}}</ref> the [[Susan B. Anthony List]], and [[Democrats for Life of America]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2009/08/11/the-pro-life-kennedy|title=The Pro-Life Kennedy|date=August 11, 2009|website=CBN.com |first1=Craig |last1=von Buseck |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816191213/https://www1.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2009/08/11/the-pro-life-kennedy |archive-date= Aug 16, 2023 }}</ref>

Despite being a Democrat, Shriver supported her [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[son-in-law]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s successful [[California gubernatorial recall election, 2003|2003 Governor of California election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/08/11/arnolds-debt-to-eunice|title=Arnold's Debt to Eunice|first=Joe|last=Mathews|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805072443/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arnolds-debt-to-eunice |archive-date= Aug 5, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Orth |first=Maureen |date=2009-08-11 |title=Remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a Woman Who Got Her Way |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/08/remembering-the-indomitable-eunice-kennedy-shriver |url-access=subscription |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128203730/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/08/remembering-the-indomitable-eunice-kennedy-shriver |archive-date= Jan 28, 2023 }}</ref>

On January 28, 2008, aged 86, Shriver was present at [[American University]] in Washington, D.C., when her brother, U.S. Senator [[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]], announced his endorsement of [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Barack Obama's 2008 Democratic U.S. presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Amy |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080211/alexander2  |title=A Torch Passed |website=[[The Nation]] |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201174335/http://www.thenation.com./doc/20080211/alexander2 |archive-date= Dec 1, 2008 }}</ref>