"I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act."

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Michelle Goldberg ?@michelleinbklyn

"I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act." Mitt Romney, (1 year and) 4 months ago. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/269984/my-pro-life-pledge-mitt-romney …
Retweeted by Christopher Hayes


My Pro-Life Pledge
By Mitt Romney
June 18, 2011

I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be limited to only instances of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.

I support the reversal of Roe v. Wade, because it is bad law and bad medicine. Roe was a misguided ruling that was a result of a small group of activist federal judges legislating from the bench.

I support the Hyde Amendment, which broadly bars the use of federal funds for abortions. And as president, I will support efforts to prohibit federal funding for any organization like Planned Parenthood, which primarily performs abortions or offers abortion-related services.

I will reinstate the Mexico City Policy to ensure that nongovernmental organizations that receive funding from America refrain from performing or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning, in other countries. This includes ending American funding for any United Nations or other foreign assistance program that promotes or performs abortions on women around the world.

I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.


read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/269984/my-pro-life-pledge-mitt-romney


Michelle Goldberg ?@michelleinbklyn
"There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda." Mitt Romney, yesterday.

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2. How can you be 'pro-life,' but accept the killing of some babies?

Fundies, you can't trust this Mexican born, multiple wife, Mormon liberal.

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3. How many times has Mitt the Flip flipped positions on this subject? I've lost count. nt.

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4. Romney is against the Republican Platform on abortion

NO exceptions for abortion; not rape, not incest, not even to save the life of the woman.

Flip Flp

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5. But didn't he just say NO NEW ABORTION LEGISLATION

"There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda," he told the Des Moines Register in an interview posted on the newspaper's website.

Romney's statement to the newspaper represents an apparent shift on a topic Obama's campaign has tried to use against him, particularly with female voters. Soon after the comments were posted on the Register's website, the president's campaign pounced.

"We know the truth about where he stands on a woman's right to choose: He's said he'd be delighted to sign a bill banning all abortions, and called Roe v. Wade 'one of the darkest moments in Supreme Court history,' while pledging to appoint Supreme Court justices who will overturn it. Women simply can't trust him," Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith said.

As recently as a presidential debate in January, Romney said the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion across the nation."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251130128

Ever since Romney started going full throttle, I've had to keep two windows of DU open: one to cover threads for when he says one thing; the other for when he says the opposite.

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6. Gee, that clarifies his position

He's for it until he's against it. That pretty much sums up his position on everything.

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9. How does any Republican actually know what they are voting for? n/t

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10. Uh, Well, Uh, I think I uh

Didn't prevaricate on Uh, this issue five minutes ago, because Uh, I really want to be President.

Thank you, :wave:

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