Head Spinning-Vertigo Inducing-Dramamine Sponsored: 'PolitiFact's guide to Mitt Romney and Abortion'
But what is "the real Mitt Romney" on abortion? He has made various statements about abortion, even after his well-documented change on the issue.
To help you sort out the claims and attacks about his position on abortion, here are his most significant comments:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/oct/19/politifacts-guide-mitt-romney-and-abortion/
He used to be pro-choice
In a debate during his 1994 race against Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, Romney said, "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Referring to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in every state, Romney added, "I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, it should be sustained and supported. And I sustain and support that law and support the right of a woman to make that choice."
In his 2002 campaign for governor, Romney said during a debate, "I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."
'I am pro-life'
In June, 2011, Romney published his position on abortion in the National Review, a widely read conservative magazine. He wrote:
• "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 vs. Wade, because it is bad law and bad medicine."
• "I support the Hyde Amendment, which broadly bars the use of federal funds for abortions."
• "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."
• "I will only appoint judges who adhere to the Constitution and the laws as they are written, not as they want them to be written."
• "I will support efforts to prohibit federal funding for any organization like Planned Parenthood."
'Delighted to sign that bill'
In a televised debate, Romney was asked "If Roe vs. Wade was overturned and Congress passed a federal ban on all abortions and it came to your desk, would you sign it, yes or no?"
"I would welcome a circumstance where there was such a consensus in this country that we said, we don't want to have abortion in this country at all, period," Romney said. "That would be wonderful. I'd be delighted."
The moderator pressed Romney and asked if he would sign such a bill.
"Let me say it. I'd be delighted to sign that bill," Romney said. "But that's not where we are. That's not where America is today. Where America is is ready to overturn Roe vs. Wade and return to the states that authority. But if the Congress got there, we had that kind of consensus in that country, terrific."
On life beginning at conception
In an interview with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on Fox television, Huckabee asked Romney about a Massachusetts law that helped cover the costs of abortion. Romney said it would take a state constitutional amendment to change that, so Huckabee asked, "Would you have supported a constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life as conception?"
Romney replied, "Absolutely."
read the rest here, warning it is a very long documentation of spectacular flip-floppery: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/oct/19/politifacts-guide-mitt-romney-and-abortion/
