Posted on 10/20/2007 12:40:02 AM PDT by Spiff
Romney Catches a Big Pro-Life Fish
Kathryn Jean Lopez
National Review Online - the corner
19 October 2007I just got my hands on an advance press release from the Romney camp that will be hitting the Value Voters in the morning (and political reporters' inboxes any time now): Jack Willke, longtime pro-life activist and one of the founders of the National Right to Life Committee, has endorsed Mitt Romney.
Also notable about Willke? He’s former a Brownback supporter.
In a Willke statement provided to me by the Romney campaign, Willke says, "Unlike other candidates who only speak to the importance of confronting the major social issues of the day, Governor Romney has a record of action in defending life. Every decision he made as Governor was on the side of life. I know he will be the strong pro-life President we need in the White House," said Dr. Willke. "Governor Romney is the only candidate who can lead our pro-life and pro-family conservative movement to victory in 2008."
Not a bad close to Romney’s Friday night in Washington. There may have been some murmuring during his speech, but Willke — a man who has devoted his life to protecting the defenseless — certainly buys Romney’s conversion story. That's a substantive vote of confidence for Romney.
Here's the press release:
DR. JOHN WILLKE, A FOUNDER OF THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY, ENDORSES GOV. ROMNEY
Boston, MA – Today, Dr. John Willke, a founder of the Pro Life Movement, endorsed Governor Mitt Romney and his campaign for our nation's highest office. Dr. Willke is a leading voice within the pro-life community and will be an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda.
"Unlike other candidates who only speak to the importance of confronting the major social issues of the day, Governor Romney has a record of action in defending life. Every decision he made as Governor was on the side of life. I know he will be the strong pro-life President we need in the White House," said Dr. Willke. "Governor Romney is the only candidate who can lead our pro-life and pro-family conservative movement to victory in 2008."
Welcoming Dr. Willke's announcement, Governor Romney said, "I am proud to have the support of a man who has meant so much to the pro-life movement in our country. He knows how important it is to have someone in Washington who will actively promote pro-life policies. Policies that include more than appointing judges who will follow the law but also opposing taxpayer funded abortion and partial birth abortion. I look forward to working with Dr. Willke and welcome him to Romney for President."
Background On Dr. John Willke:
Dr. John Willke, Often Referred To As The Father Of The Pro-Life Movement, Served For 10 Years As President Of The National Right To Life Committee And Helped Found The Organization. A physician by trade, Dr. Willke serves as President of the Life Issues Institute, Inc., and President of the International Right to Life Federation. Dr. Willke had a daily radio program that was carried on over 300 radio stations for 20 years. His one-minute radio comments, entitled "Life Jewels," were carried on over 750 stations in English and 300 more in Spanish. Dr. Wilkie has written eleven books, is a lecturer and a frequent television and radio show guest. His works have been published in 32 languages, and he and his wife Barbara have lectured in 76 countries.
Wow! The biggest pro-life endorsement yet. In fact, I don't know how you could get a bigger pro-life endorsement than this. This guy helped found the premiere right to life organization in America and heads several pro-life organizations. Just...wow!
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How much was he paid to sell his soul ?
Your slander against Dr. Jacke Willke isn't funny. It isn't cute. It is despicable. Go disparage pro-life conservatives somewhere else. This is NOT the forum for that kind of garbage.
What isn’t funny is selling your soul to the highest bidder on the backs of 50 million unborn. That’s not only sick, that’s evil. You still didn’t answer my question. How much was he paid to sell his soul ? How many pieces of silver for a Judas of the pro-life movement ?
Governor Romney was presented with legislation concerning life issues on several occasions from the 85% majority Democrat Legislature in Massachusetts. In every instance he took the pro-life position by vetoing bills or lobbying for the pro-life approach, including the following actions:He vetoed the bill providing state funding for human embryonic stem cell researchGovernor Romney: "Times of decision are moments of great clarity. Before I was Governor, the life issue was just that, an issue. But when responsibility for life or ending life was placed in my hands, I made the right decision. I chose life."
(Theo Emery, "Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Vetoes Stem Cell Bill," The Associated Press, 5/27/05)He vetoed a bill that provided for the "morning after pill" without a prescription because it is an abortifacient and would have been available to minors without parental notification and consent
(Governor Mitt Romney, Op-Ed, "Why I Vetoed The Contraception Bill," The Boston Globe, 7/26/05)He vetoed legislation which would have redefined Massachusetts longstanding definition of the beginning of human life from fertilization to implantation
(Governor Mitt Romney, Letter To The Massachusetts State Senate And House Of Representatives, 5/12/05)He supported parental notification laws and opposed efforts to weaken parental involvement
(John McElhenny, "O'Brien And Romney Spar In Last Debate Before Election," The Associated Press, 10/29/02)He fought to promote abstinence education in public school classrooms with a program offered by faith-based Boston group Healthy Futures to middle school students. Gov. Romney's administration was the first in Massachusetts to use federal abstinence education funds for classroom programs.
(Office Of Governor Mitt Romney, Romney Announces Award of Abstinence Education Contract, April 20, 2006)
(Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks At The National Right To Life Convention Forum, June 15, 2007)Eight prominent leaders of pro-life and pro-family groups in Massachusetts wrote an open letter praising Gov. Romney for his leadership and accomplishments in these important issues and attesting to his commitment to the pro-life and pro-family causes. (This letter is a MUST READ)
Massachusetts Citizens for Life recently gave Gov. Romney their 2007 Mullins Award for Outstanding Political Leadership presented at the Mother's Day Pioneer Valley Dinner where Romney delivered the keynote speech.
Ann Romney serves as co-chairman of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life capital campaign.
Massachusetts Citizens For Life Executive Director Marie Sturgis: "Having Governor Romney in the corner office for the last four years has been one of the strongest assets the pro-life movement has had in Massachusetts."
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, "An Early Massachusetts Primary," National Review, 1/10/07)Massachusetts Citizens For Life Pioneer Valley Chapter Chairman Kevin Jourdain: "Mitt Romney was a great Governor, who served with honor and distinction. But most importantly, he was a pro-life Governor. He vetoed a number of pro-abortion pieces of legislation and made many pro-life appointments. He was always there for us."
(Kevin Jourdain, Remarks, Agawam, MA, 5/10/07)Governor Romney has received the important endorsement of James Bopp, Jr., a nationally-known attorney and leading advocate for the pro-life movement. Jim Bopp reviewed Romney's record as Governor and questioned him personally before giving Romney his endorsement. Bopp most recently joined the Romney Presidential campaign as a special adviser on life issues, an unpaid position.
Bopp wrote about the record of Gov. Romney,
"These actions as governor have lead leaders of the most important social conservative groups in Massachusetts, including Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Massachusetts Family Institute, and the Knights of Columbus, to observe that, while previous comments by Romney “are, taken by themselves, obviously worrisome to social conservatives including ourselves, they do not dovetail with the actions of Governor Romney from 2003 until now — and those actions positively and demonstrably impacted the social climate of Massachusetts.” They conclude that Romney “demonstrat[ed] [his] solid social conservative credentials by undertaking” these actions, and has therefore “proven that he shares our values, as well as our determination to protect them.”Governor Romney believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned as a first step, allowing the States to set abortion policy, as a goal that can be achieved more quickly. For a longer range goal after overturning Roe v. Wade, he supports a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution and endorses legislation to make it clear that the 14th Amendment's protections apply to unborn children.
(The Best Choice Is Also a Good Choice - Why social conservatives should support Mitt Romney for president, National Review Online, Feb. 21, 2007)Romney believes that controversial abortion policy should be decided through the democratic process by citizens in the several states and their elected representatives rather than by federal judicial mandate.
Governor Romney: "I understand that my views on laws governing abortion set me in the minority in our Commonwealth. I am prolife. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate."
("Why I vetoed contraception bill", Boston Globe Op-Ed, July 26, 2005)Gov. Romney Praised The Decision Upholding A Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. "Today, our nation's highest court reaffirmed the value of life in America by upholding a ban on a practice that offends basic human decency. This decision represents a step forward in protecting the weakest and most innocent among us."
(Gov. Mitt Romney, "Statement On Supreme Court's Partial Birth Abortion Ruling," Press Release, 4/18/07)View video of a portion of a speech delivered by Mitt Romney at the National Review Institute Conservative Summit in which he describes a pivotal event in his life while learning about stem cell research and embryo farming from Harvard research scientists. From a researcher's comment explaining that there wasn't a moral issue at stake in the embryo farming process because the embryos are destroyed after 14 days, Romney was hit hard by the harsh realization that, in his words, "We have so cheapened the value and sanctity of human life in our society that someone could think there is not a moral issue because we kill human embryos at 14 days." Gov. Romney publicly affirmed his pro-life position thereafter.
Research Briefing: Promoting A Culture Of Life: The Romney Vision Vs. The Democrat Vision
The influence of family members and events in Mitt Romney's life on matters of abortion are worth considering. They illuminate obstacles he surmounted to adopt pro-life beliefs in his private life. Mitt Romney’s mother, Lenore Romney, advocated a pro-choice position in her unsuccessful 1970 run for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, writing in her campaign platform, "I support and recognize the need for more liberal abortion rights while reaffirming the legal and medical measures needed to protect the unborn and pregnant woman [sic]." Mitt Romney revealed in 1994 that his brother-in-law's sister, a close family friend, died after a botched illegal abortion in the 1960s when Mitt would have been in his teens and early 20s.
(Romney releases mother's statement on abortion issue, Boston Globe, June 28, 2005)In a 2/14/07 appearance on ABC "Good Morning America", Ann Romney talks about her personal struggle with multiple sclerosis and offers her perspective on embryonic stem cell research with a powerful, inspiring message opposing medical experimentation that could conceivably relieve her own suffering. Read a thought-provoking commentary by Alliance Defense Fund attorney David French on Ann Romney's strength of character in opposing embryonic stem cell research as seen in the ABC "Good Morning America" segment.
Gov. Romney made a $15,000 contribution in 2006 to the pro-life group Massachusetts Citizens for Life from the Tyler Charitable Foundation, a joint family trust of Mitt and Ann Romney. They also donated $10,000 to the Massachusetts Family Institute during the same time period.
The Tyler Charitable Foundation has donated more than $2.9 million to more than 40 healthcare groups, schools, and other charitable organizations since 1999.
That post was spamtastic!
Actually I am sure this man did a lot of good, but I have been pro-life since before Roe vs. Wade, and I do not remember ever having heard of him.
Well then spiff, please explain the photo in Post 3.
Are you saying that Romney did NOT endorse Roe v. Wade in his answer to the Planned Parenthood questionairre?
iow, who is that has this wrong?
Frankly, I think Jack Willke may have been hoodwinked. Certainly the statements he made in this ostensible endorsement, maybe in 100% good faith, simply aren’t true.
I think he’s going to be getting any number of phone calls from his friends and colleagues. I doubt if this “endorsement” will last a week.
=pats your head=
Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that. Go to your happy place. We know what the man stands for. Don’t try to hose us. Like I said, either Willke is misinformed or he had his palms greased. Which is it ?
There are a lot of internal battles and strategies within politics.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/individuals/john_willke/index.html
“While anti-abortion activists are looking to a referendum on a total abortion ban in South Dakota as a turning point in their movement, the Chicago Tribune reports on a faction of the Right that is one step ahead – attacking access to contraception. At the same time as this weekend’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, Pro-Life Action held a rally in Chicago called “Contraception Is Not the Answer.”
“Contraception is more the root cause of abortion than anything else,” Joseph Scheidler, an anti-abortion veteran whose Pro-Life Action League sponsored the conference, said in an interview.
No one knows how many supporters Scheidler and his colleagues have, but conservative leaders are watching to see if the anti-contraception rhetoric gains traction. …
What’s … likely, experts suggest, is an ongoing “chipping away” at access to contraceptive services. This could entail cuts to federal programs that pay for birth control. Likely it also would involve a state-by-state push to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill birth-control prescriptions for reasons of “conscience.”
Rev. Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, opened Saturday’s session with a clear tactical agenda for the budding movement: “It’s time to get serious about denying Planned Parenthood funding for birth control or sex education and abortion. We need to hold them accountable for this contraceptive welfare. We have to work very carefully to keep that sword away from Planned Parenthood.”
Euteneuer believes a single argument holds the greatest potential for changing how the anti-abortion community thinks about birth control. “Chemical contraception doesn’t prevent abortions, it causes abortion,” he said in an interview. “If we believe life begins at the moment of conception, we have to defend it against [this] chemical attack.” Euteneuer was referring to the possibility that hormonal birth control, including the pill, the patch, injections and some IUDs, might prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a womb. Scientific evidence suggests that this occurs infrequently, if at all, and that birth control works primarily by preventing a woman from ovulating.
There is some hesitation to embrace this strategy quite yet, reports the Tribune:
Dr. John Willke, who heads the International Right to Life Federation and the Life Issues Institute in Cincinnati, sees peril in the attempt to shift the movement’s strategy. “I’m here to stop abortions... and we’re coming close to winning on this issue,” he said. “If we take up an anti-contraception agenda, we won’t win the abortion fight in the foreseeable future.”
But Scheidler is anxious to take advantage of the anti-abortion movement’s successes. “We’ve been trained to steer clear of discussing contraception, as if it were a distraction,” he said. “I’m tired of this `Don’t get off the subject’ mentality. Contraception is the subject.”
Willard’s pro-life credentials are like a Potemkin Village: carefully crafted to look very convincing to the uninitiated or from afar, but at its base, a hollow shell of a fraud.
Many pro-life leaders, including the father of the pro-life movement - have recognized Mitt Romney's conversion and found it to be genuine. I've spent 16 years as a pro-life activist, having served as a chapter leader for Arizona Right to Life, working on campaigns for pro-life congressional candidates, giving public speeches, attending pro-life conferences, and engaging in grassroots pro-life work to include protesting pro-abortion Republicans. I have vowed to NEVER vote for a pro-abortion candidate. EVER! And I never will. The abortion issue is the primary reason that I am a Republican and it is the most important factor for me in determining who I support and vote for.
Mitt Romney has a string of pro-life endorsements longer than ANY other Republican candidate in the race. And nearly every day it seems, he adds another one to the list. Why? Because, like me, these pro-life activists and leaders have found that Romney's pro-life record as Governor is rock solid and that his conversion to becoming pro-life is absolutely genuine. We would not support him if there was ANY doubt in the matter.
Your slander of preeminent pro-life leaders like Dr. Jack Willke is disgusting. Your continued inability to forgive Mitt Romney for a few past statements - disregarding his actual pro-life record as Governor - is not only willful ignorance but is also an indicator of poor character on your part. Your vile attacks are not appropriate and are a blight on this forum. I urge you to reconsider your behavior.
“Your continued inability to forgive Mitt Romney for a few past statements - disregarding his actual pro-life record as Governor - is not only willful ignorance but is also an indicator of poor character on your part. Your vile attacks are not appropriate and are a blight on this forum. I urge you to reconsider your behavior.”
Don’t get totally silly. Your stuff is starting to get goofier, the initial post is fine, it makes sense, it is a valid story supporting your candidate.
You are getting worse in your follow ups though.
>>>Actually I am sure this man did a lot of good, but I have been pro-life since before Roe vs. Wade, and I do not remember ever having heard of him.<<<
That’s the thing. How many Pro-Lifers can you name who have made a difference? You can name politicians because the media talks about them. But what about the foot soldiers?
I can name a few, but the media doesn’t exactly go out of its way to seek these individuals out. Nor do they aggressively seek the media.
Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks At The National Right To Life Convention Forum
Friday, Jun 15, 2007As Prepared For Delivery
"Thank you Carol. We appreciate your many years of dedicated service to the cause of life.
"I was honored to accept your invitation to address the National Right to Life convention.
"I am humbled to be standing among the many who have toiled for the pro-life movement for so long, when I arrived at this place of principle only a few years ago.
"I appreciate the decades of dedication and the effective advocacy of people like Jim Bopp, the Special Adviser to my campaign on life issues.
"I know that it is not time but conviction that unites us.
"I proudly follow a long line of converts – George Herbert Walker Bush, Henry Hyde, and Ronald Reagan to name a few
"I am evidence that your work, that your relentless campaign to promote the sanctity of human life, bears fruit.
"Consider the double standard at work here, by the way. When a pro-life figure changes to pro-abortion, they get praised for their courage. But when someone becomes pro-life, the pundits go into high dudgeon.
"And so, I am humbled but also grateful to be welcomed so warmly by so many with whom I share a common dedication.
"Anyone here from the pro-life community in Massachusetts knows they were always welcome in my office when I was Governor. Together we worked arm in arm.
"I can promise you this – you will be welcomed, and we will work together, if I'm fortunate enough to be elected President.
"People often ask me how a conservative Republican such as myself could have been elected in Massachusetts. I tell them that there were three things that helped account for my improbable victory.
"First, the state was in a fiscal crisis. A meltdown, of sorts. State government couldn't get budgets done on time. Another big tax hike looked like it was on the way. I promised to balance the budget without raising taxes. And together with the legislature, that's what we did. We eliminated a $3 billion shortfall. And by the time I left, my surpluses had replenished the rainy-day fund to over $2 billion.
"Second, we were in an economic crisis. Massachusetts was losing jobs every month and our citizens were afraid of losing more. I went to work to bring employers back to our state. By the end of the recession, we added 60,000 new jobs. We got our economic development act together – which explains much of the economic growth that the Commonwealth continues to experience even today.
"And third, we were in the beginnings of a cultural crisis. Social values also played a role in my campaign success. My opponent said she would sign a bill that would sanction same sex marriage. I said that I would oppose gay marriage and civil unions. My opponent favored bilingual education. I did not. I said that to be successful in America, children need to speak the language of America. And my opponent wanted to lower the age of consent for an abortion from 18 to 16 – and I did not.
"And so, social conservatives, many of them Democrats and Independents, joined fiscal conservatives to elect a Republican.
"That being said, I had no inkling that I would find myself in the center of the battlefield on virtually every major social question of our time.
"The first battle came when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, by a one vote majority, found a right to same sex marriage in our constitution. John Adams wrote that constitution. I'm sure he'd be surprised.
"The Court said that traditional marriage – the natural union of one man and one woman – 'is rooted in persistent prejudices' and 'works a deep and scarring hardship ... for no rational reason.'
"No rational reason? How about children? Isn't it clear that marriage provides the best environment for the development and nurturing of children? And isn't a child's development enhanced by having both a mother and a father?
"I believe that the Court got it wrong because it focused on the desires and perceived rights of adults.
"The Court should have focused on the needs of children. The ideal setting for the raising of a child is a home built on a marriage between a loving mother and father.
"Then came the 'slippery slope' – not the argument but the reality.
"The implications of the marriage decision quickly went well beyond adult marriage. Efforts were made to change birth certificates by removing 'mother' and 'father' and replacing them with 'parent A' and 'parent B.' I said no to that. And parents of a child in second grade were told that their son is required to listen to the reading of a book called the 'King and the King,' about a prince who marries another prince. The school's rationale was since same sex marriage was legal, the education system should advance the idea.
"And then another slide along the slippery slope. The Catholic Church was forced to end its adoption service, which was crucial in helping the state find homes for some of our most difficult to place children. Why? Because the Church favors placements in homes with a mother and a father. Now, even religious freedom was being trumped by the new-found 'right' of gay marriage. I immediately drafted and introduced legislation to grant religious liberty protection, but the legislature wouldn't even take it up.
"When I was Governor, we took every conceivable step within the law to stop, block or slow down this unprecedented court decision.
"Our goal was to take the decision away from the Court and give it back to the people. But yesterday, the Massachusetts state legislature, at the urging of the new Democratic Governor, refused to allow the voice of the people to be heard.
"The fight is not over.
"We need to take this battle to Washington again. We need to explain the far-reaching implications of the push to dramatically change our marriage laws. Now is the time to pass a federal marriage amendment to protect marriage in all 50 states.
"In the midst of that battle, another arose. It involved cloning and embryo farming for purposes of research. I studied the subject in great depth. I have high hopes for stem cell research. But for me, a bright moral line is crossed when we create new life for the sole purpose of experimentation and destruction.
"That's why I fought to keep cloning and embryo farming illegal.
"It was during this battle that I began to focus a good deal more of my thinking on abortion.
"When I first ran for office, while I was always personally opposed to abortion, I considered whether this should be a private decision or whether it should be a societal and government decision. I concluded that I would support the law as it was in place – effectively, the pro-choice position.
"And I was wrong.
"What became clear during the cloning debate is how the harsh logic of an absolute right to abortion had cheapened the value of human life to the point that rational people saw a human embryo as nothing more than mere research material to be used, and then destroyed.
"The slippery slope was taking us to racks and racks of living human embryos, Brave New World-like, awaiting termination.
"What some see as just a clump of cells is actually a human life. Human life has identity. Human life has the capacity to love and be loved. Human life has a profound dignity, undiminished by age or infirmity.
"My experience as Governor taught me firsthand that the threat to our culture is real and those in a position to do so must take action to defend it.
"Times of decision are moments of great clarity. Before I was Governor, the life issue was just that, an issue. But when responsibility for life or ending life was placed in my hands, I made the right decision. I chose life.
"Just like some others in the pro-life movement, a moment of decision became a defining moment.
"And so, every time I faced a decision as Governor that related to life, I came down on the side of life.
"I fought to ban cloning.
"I fought to ban embryo farming.
"I fought to define life as beginning at conception rather than at the time of implantation.
"I fought for abstinence education in our schools.
"And I vetoed a so-called emergency contraception bill that gave young girls abortive drugs without prescription or parental consent.
"That is my record as Governor of Massachusetts.
"Recently, I was attacked by one of my opponents because when I ran for Governor I promised to maintain the status quo with regards to laws relating to abortion in Massachusetts. Of course, I kept that promise. But in Massachusetts, that meant vetoing pro-choice legislation – as I consistently did as Governor. That's why last month I was honored with an award from Massachusetts Citizens for Life in recognition of the actions I took as Governor to protect life.
"The next president, especially if faced with a hostile Congress, will be confronted with many legislative tests, such as challenging the Hyde amendment and advancing cloning. You can be sure that I will be bringing my gubernatorial experience – and my veto pen – with me to Washington.
"The larger problem is there are some people who believe that their pro-choice views must be imposed on everyone. More and more, the vehicle for this imposition is the courts.
"Some say that it is 'OK' for the courts to impose their personal public policy preferences on society. I am not among them.
"Make no mistake: the claimed rights of abortion-on-demand and same-sex marriage are not in the Constitution.
"But the problem of an activist bench goes beyond the issue of abortion and gay marriage that.
"Slowly but surely, the courts have taken it upon themselves to be the final arbiters of our lives. They have forgotten that the essence of democracy is the right to govern ourselves.
"Chief Justice John Roberts put it best at his confirmation hearing, when he described the role of a judge. 'Judges and Justices are servants of the law,' he said, 'not the other way around. Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... and I will remember that it's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.'
"Now that's the type of Justice that I would appoint to the Court.
"On the tenth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Ronald Reagan observed that the Court's decision had not yet settled the abortion debate. It had become 'a continuing prod to the conscience of the nation.'
"More than thirty years later, that is still the case. Numerous court decisions have not settled this question, but have further divided the nation. And Roe v. Wade continues to work its destructive logic throughout our society.
"This cannot continue.
"At the heart of American democracy is the principle that the most fundamental decisions should ultimately be decided by the people themselves.
"I certainly believe in treating all people with respect and dignity. You can't be a pro-life Governor in the bluest of blue states without understanding that there are heartfelt and thoughtful arguments on both sides of the question.
"It is our great task to persuade our fellow citizens of the truth of our convictions.
"Strengthening our country and our families, protecting marriage and human life and preserving for our children the true blessings of liberty; these are noble purposes. I am confident we are worthy of them.
"After all, we are a decent people who have a commitment to the worth and dignity of every person. This is ingrained in our hearts and etched in our national purpose.
"Thank you."
I’ve never heard of the guy. Wont change the fact that Romney has done a complete 180, and that his wife has donated money to Planned Parenthood.
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