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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the?! ABC NEWS is frikin' on it with this article: "Mitt Romney's Abortion Evolution"
Complete article here, timeline of bullshit from Romney below: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/mitt-romneys-abortion-evolution/story?id=17443452#.UHW7CxXA_3A
2002: 'I Will Preserve and Protect a Woman's Right to Choose'
While running for Massachusetts governor eight years later, Romney assured voters in the moderate state that he was "not going to change our pro-choice laws in Massachusetts in any way."
"I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose," Romney said during a 2002 debate against Democratic gubernatorial opponent Shannon O'Brien. "I am not going to change our pro-choice laws in Massachusetts in any way. I am not going to make any changes which would make it more difficult for a woman to make that choice herself."
2005: 'I Am Pro-Life'
After winning the governor's mansion, Romney used his veto pen in 2005 to block a law that would expand access to emergency contraception.
In a Boston Globe Op-Ed explaining his veto, Romney said he was "pro-life" and opposed a "judicial mandate" that dictated a nationwide abortion law, arguing instead that the issue should be left up to the states.
"I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother," Romney wrote. "I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate."
Romney said he would uphold his campaign promise not to change Massachusetts' abortion laws, even though that campaign pledge was preceded by Romney's statement that he would "protect a woman's right to chose."
2007: 'We Should Overturn Roe v. Wade'
During his first presidential bid in 2007, Romney explained that he had "changed my mind" on abortion while serving his one term as Massachusetts governor.
After debate moderator Anderson Cooper showed the clip of Romney saying in 1994 that "we should sustain and support" Roe v. Wade, the Republican presidential candidate said that "on abortion, I was wrong."
"I'm proud to be pro-life, and I'm not going to be apologizing to people for becoming pro-life," Romney said during a GOP primary debate in November 2007.
Romney went on to say "we should overturn Roe v. Wade and return these issues to the states." He also said he would be "delighted" to sign a bill as president that would outlaw abortion, if there "was such a consensus in this country that we said we don't want to have abortion in this country at all, period."
2011: 'I Will Support Efforts to Prohibit Federal Funding for Any Organization Like Planned Parenthood'
Since 2005, Romney has consistently said that he is "pro-life" and believes abortion should be legal only in the case "of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother."
During the fiercely conservative Republican primary last year, Romney expanded that view to include cutting all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, reversing Roe v. Wade "because it is bad law and bad medicine," and ending funding for any international aid program that "promotes or performs abortions on women around the world."
"If I have the opportunity to serve as our nation's next president, I commit to doing everything in my power to cultivate, promote, and support a culture of life in America," Romney wrote in a National Journal Op-Ed in June 2011.
While Romney said repeatedly that abortion laws should be left up to the states, he told Fox's Mike Huckabee in October 2011 that he "absolutely" supports a Constitutional amendment banning abortion.
2012: 'There's No Legislation With Regards to Abortion That I'm Familiar With That Would Become Part of My Agenda'
Less than two months after accepting the GOP nomination, Romney seemed to tack back toward the center on his abortion stance, telling the Des Moines Register this week that he would not make abortion legislation part of his agenda.
"There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda," Romney told the Des Moines Register Tuesday.
Such a stance seems to contradict the National Journal Op-Ed Romney wrote in June 2011, when he named three pieces of legislation he would support if elected president.
"I support the Hyde Amendment, which broadly bars the use of federal funds for abortions," Romney wrote. "I will reinstate the Mexico City Policy to ensure that nongovernmental organizations that receive funding from America refrain from performing or promoting abortion services."
"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," Romney added.
The GOP nominee's spokeswoman Andrea Saul was quick to clarify her candidate's remarks Tuesday, saying "Mitt Romney is proudly pro-life and will be a pro-life president."
cilla4progress
(24,744 posts)Now I'd like to see them get on this! (Mother of Navy Seal discredits Rmoney's lyin' eyes).
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)get the red out
(13,467 posts)His remarks are taylored specifically to his operators of the day.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Gin
(7,212 posts)Statements was the " truth" ..........
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)The new them for the next 24 hours seems to be flippity floppity Mitt.
Initech
(100,086 posts)We cannot allow any candidate with a militant pro life agenda (or even a lying one like Romney has) to get control of supreme court nominations. That would be disastrous.
barbtries
(28,805 posts)the word "evolution" implies good faith on the part of romney which is bogus. at least that's how i read it.