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Governor Mitt Romney and Abortion

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Quotes from Conservatives on Abortion:

"I'm fully sympathetic with attempts to liberalize the outdated abortion law now on the books in California." - In 1967, Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a liberal abortion law, declaring
George W. Bush ran as a pro-choice politician in his 1978 congressional campaign, but held pro-life views when he ran for the governorship of Texas in 1994. His father too once favored abortion rights, but took a pro-life position in the 1980 presidential campaign.
When Sam Brownback was running in a GOP congressional primary in 1994, he initially rebuffed a pro-life group's endorsement, according to a recent account in The New Republic. In that article, a former president of Kansans for Life recalls that Brownback was "unfamiliar with the anti-abortion lexicon" 20 years after Roe v. Wade, and that Brownback described himself as "more in line with the view of Nancy Kassebaum," the state's pro-choice junior GOP senator.

This site is dedicated to understanding Governor Mitt Romney's abortion stance.

Beliefs About Governor Mitt Romney on the topic of Abortion

Governor Mitt Romney has the best abortion stance.

Reasons to agree:

When it comes to abortion, Mitt Romney thinks the people should choose not the courts. And he is right.
He respects the rights of states to choose differently than he does. Or in other words he doesn't try and impose his own will on those who disagree with him. This is good.

Reasons to disagree

Some other people have been more consistent when it comes to abortion, and we need consistency out of someone when deciding to let them affect the abortion debate.
Those on the far right might not like that he support abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of a mother is threatened.
Those on the left are very afraid that Roe vs. Wade will be over turned. Mitt Romney has been calling for this longer than any other 2008 presidential candidate.
Romney has said that his views on abortion have "evolved" and "changed" since 2002 such that he now considers himself a "pro-life governor" who wishes "the laws of our nation could reflect that view." Some people do not think someone in their 40's or 50's can change their mind on Abortion. They see his change as being two faced or opportunistic.
Governor Mitt Romney is personally pro-life, which is good.

Governor Mitt Romney is "personally pro-life" which is good.

Reasons to agree:

“It is very conceivable that scientific advances will allow an embryo to be grown for a substantial period of time outside the uterus. To say that it is not life at one month or two months or four months or full term, just because it has never been in a uterus, would be absurd.” - Governor Mitt Romney
Romney has identified himself as a pro-life politician.
He does not support abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of a mother is threatened.
Romney has been a vocal opponent of the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs Wade, criticizing the “one size fits all” statute created by the ruling. The Governor believes each state should have the right to determine its own abortion laws, voicing support for efforts in states such as South Dakota to regulate abortion within its borders.

Reasons to disagree:

Being "personally pro-life" means nothing.

Websites that agree:

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Mitt Romney is the only candidate with the credibility to oversee the reversal of Roe vs wade.

Reasons to agree

He respects the rights of states to choose differently than he does. Or in other words he doesn't try and impose his own will on those who disagree with him.

Mitt Romney was strategic. He knew he couldn't win the abortion battle in Massachusetts, so he gave in. He chose his battles. You shouldn't choose your battles, you should always fight for the right, even if you loose.

Related Issues

Governor Mitt Romney supports stem cell research using surplus embryos but opposes the use of cloning to create new embryos.

Governor Mitt Romney's Wikipedia Abortion Write Up

In 1994, Romney also said that he was personally opposed to abortion. He also said that he became committed to legalized abortion after the death of a family friend in an illegal abortion made him see "that regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal."

"Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion," Romney said in a televised debate opposite Senator Edward Kennedy. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that." The person Romney was referring to was a teenage girl engaged to marry a member of Romney's extended family. Romney's sister Jane has said that the girl's death changed the family's perspective on the legality of abortion. "With my mom, that was a personal thing because we had a tragedy close to us -- not in our immediate family, but a young girl who actually was engaged and had an illegal abortion and died." "She was a beautiful, talented young gal we all loved. And it pretty much ruined the parents -- their only daughter. You would do anything not to repeat that."

Romney has said he has kept his campaign promises. Romney vetoed an emergency contraception bill in July 2005, claiming that allowing it to pass into law would violate his "moratorium" on changes to the abortion laws.

Prior to his run for governor Romney told a newspaper in Salt Lake City Utah that he did not want to be classified as a "pro-choice" politician.