Romney says States should decide abortion, but backs two amendments against it

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Classic Mittens!!!

Romney Delineates His Abortion Stance
Glen Johnson

BOSTON — Asked about abortion rights last week, Mitt Romney grew exasperated and said: "I'm pro-life; it would be great if we could just leave it at that."

But as his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination progresses, Romney is revealing more complex thoughts on the subject for which he has already been labeled a flip-flopper. It shows even his current position defies easy labels or rote town-hall meeting answers.

Before audiences in early voting Iowa and New Hampshire, where Romney leads in the polls, the former Massachusetts governor insisted he wants the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow the states to determine their own abortion policies. He said it's preferable to the "one-size-fits-all" federal approach embedded in the court's 1973 landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

Yet in recent weeks, he has acknowledged he also supports a plank in the 2004 Republican Party platform calling for a federal "Human Life Amendment" to the Constitution. It would repeal Roe v. Wade with an eye toward banning abortion nationwide.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070814/romney-abortion-rights

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1. Multiple-Choice Mitt strikes again.

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