• Stephanopoulos: But if it's killing, why should states have leeway?

• Mitt Romney: You know, that's one of the great challenges that we have. There are a lot of things that are morally very difficult and, in some cases, repugnant that we let states decide.

For instance, Nevada allows prostitution. I find that to be quite repugnant as a practice.

• Stephanopoulos: But murder is illegal in every state.

• Mitt Romney: And so we let states make some of these very difficult decisions. That's one of the difficulties here.

Also, I feel a great empathy for women who have difficult decisions in this regard. I don't want to impose my view on the lives of women, and yet this is one of those points where mature men and women have to come together and say, "What's the right course?" And in my particular view, I believe in life, I believe in respecting life, and I believe that we should, as a series of states, allow states to make their own choice in this regard.

Abortion Questions for Governor Mitt Romney

Abortion

1. George Stephanopoulos
1. So do you now believe that abortion is murder?
2. Should women who have abortions and doctors who perform them be jailed?
3. If it's killing, why should states have leeway?
4. What do you believe the punishment should be for an abortion?
2. Wolf Blitzer
1. Have you changed your opinion on Abortion?
2. What is your current position on abortion?
3. How do you account for your change on abortion?
3. 1st Debate
1. Would it be a good day for America if Roe v Wade was repealed?
2. Have you always been for life or effectively pro-choice?
3. When you said that being a pro-life president entails more than just appointing strict constructionist judges, was that directed at Giuliani?
4. 2nd Debate
1. What would you say to someone who lost a wife or a daughter to an illegal abortion if you named the Supreme Court justice who tipped the balance and over turned Roe v Wade?
2. Governor Romney, during this campaign, you have been criticized -- and again tonight you've been criticized -- for changing your position on some issues. You say that it's a part of learning from experience. Can you point to an area in which your learning from experience led you to change to a position that is less popular with the Republican base?
5. Katherine Jean Lopez
1. Were you faking it when you said you were pro-choice?
6. Dan Balz, David S Broder and Ruth Marcus
1. Do you support making abortion illegal?
7. Mary Katharine Ham
1. What do you think about the partial-birth abortion ban?
8. Mike Allen
1. What policies would you initiate to show your sincerity?