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Giuliani, a "champion of choice" according to NARAL, has said, even recently, that Roe v. Wade is settled law and precedent and when pushed on the issue of overturning it, he does not say that he wants it overturned but responds with weasel words. In a very recent interview Hannity asked twice, specifically if Roe v. Wade was bad law and Giuliani said that was up to the courts to decide and that it had been precedent for a very, very long time. He completely dodged the question and, of course, Hannity let him get away with it.

Colmes asked him a similar question in 2005, and not only did Giuliani dodge the question on his support for Roe v. Wade but in his answer he praised Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

In 2000, before he was running for the GOP nomination, on ABC's "This Week" with Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson he stated specifically that he thought Roe v. Wade was "good law."

In his speech to NARAL, he even expressed his desire to have the plank calling for passage of a human life amendment that would overturn Roe v. Wade removed from the GOP platform.

Giuliani has been pro-abortion his entire career. He's evidenced this in his statements and his policies. He was named a "Champion of Choice" by NARAL because of his support for women's "choice" to abort their children. NARAL loves Giuliani. They used his image with a big heart with the words "pro choice" in it in their literature opposing Bush's re-election because Bush was pro-life. In a press release announcing NARAL NY's ad campaign opposing Bush's re-election in 2004, they stated that they opposed him because his administration had "sought to erode Roe v. Wade. In the same press release they praised Giuliani because his view on abortion was directly opposite of George Bush's.

Giuliani was also endorsed by the Liberal Party of New York specifically because he would uphold the "constitutional and legal rights to abortion".

It is clear that throughout Giuliani's political career he has supported the intent of Roe v. Wade. His newfound, and frankly disingenuous, desire for "strict constructionists" on the court do not negate his history on the matter. It is a slogan that he'll SAY to get elected because he knows and has been told by his paid political consultants to say it often because it sells with Republicans.

There's no question that he is on the Democrats' side when it comes to abortion. That's one of his major obstacles to becoming the GOP nominee. Everyone has admitted that, even Giuliani himself. Yes, he supports the intent of Roe v. Wade, does not want to overturn it, and has stated that it is "good law".