• Mitt Romney: Well, I'm not about punishment. That's not what I'm considering.

• Stephanopoulos: So you're not going to say what the punishment should be.

• Mitt Romney: I don't begin to have any idea for what a particular state's decision should be. I think the...

• Stephanopoulos: But you've been governor of a state. You have to have some idea.

• Mitt Romney**: Well, our state is overwhelmingly a pro-choice state and Massachusetts would, under the construct I suggested, remain a pro-choice state.

This is not about punishment. This is about allowing states to make a decision on an issue of great moral significance to a lot of people and I think, state by state, we should allow a federalist approach as it relates to the issue of abortion.

Questions

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 Would it be a good day for America if Roe v Wade was repealed?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?