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Cruz Criticizes Trump: He’s Been Pro-Abortion for 60 Years, How Can We Trust Him Now?
lifenews.com ^ | February 12, 2016 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 02/15/2016 2:30:31 PM PST by Morgana

Put Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz in the category of those pro-life advocates who question the sincerity of Donald Trump’s pro-life conversion on abortion. During a campaign stop in South Carolina, Cruz questioned Trump’s pro-life bonafides, saying he has a hard time believing that someone who called himself pro-abortion for almost all his life could suddenly have a change of heart and become pro-life.

“If a candidate has spent 60 years of his life describing himself as very, very pro-choice. If a candidate has defended partial birth abortion for most of his adult life, we should not be surprised if, as president, he will not defend the right to life,” Cruz said, according to a Politico report

Some pro-life voters have questioned if Trump is truly pro-life, despite proclamations from Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin that his pro-life conversion is authentic.

Trump ultimately changed his mind on abortion years ago, announcing his pro-life position in 2011, and on partial-birth abortion in the late 1990s after learning more about what the partial-birth abortion procedure actually entails.

“I support a woman’s right to choose, but I am uncomfortable with the procedures. When Tim Russert asked me on Meet the Press if I would ban partial-birth abortion, my pro-choice instincts led me to say no. After the show, I consulted two doctors I respect and, upon learning more about this procedure, I have concluded that I would support a ban,” he said in 2000.

Since his conversion, Trump doesn’t appear to have promoted abortion and continues to say he is pro-life and opposed to funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business. But, in early February, when asked on the campaign trail to provide more specifics about the kind of abortion policies he would implement as president, he declined to give any specifics.

Instead, he repeated what he has say countless times before that he is pro-life on abortion but without providing any further details about what he would do on a myriad of pro-life issues he will face as president — most notably naming judges to the Supreme Court who will determine the abortion policy for the nation for decades to come.

The lack of specifics has already caused a group of leading pro-life women to encourage pro-life voters not to vote for Trump.

In a letter provided to LifeNews, the group of pro-life women leaders claim Trump is not trustworthy on the abortion issue because offhanded comments he’s made make it appear he supports pro-abortion judges on the Supreme Court or a pro-abortion vice-presidential running mate. The group includes heavy hitters like Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List and Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America and black pro-life activist Star Parker.

The letter comes after an op-ed Trump wrote over the weekend outlining his pro-life views on abortion.

Trump opens the column explaining that he is pro-life with exceptions only for the very rarest abortions.

“Let me be clear — I am pro-life. I support that position with exceptions allowed for rape, incest or the life of the mother being at risk,” he said. “I did not always hold this position, but I had a significant personal experience that brought the precious gift of life into perspective for me.”

Trump said America has gone astray because it has moved away from the founding principles the nation’s founders put in most — most notably the right to life.


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KEYWORDS: abortion; cruz; prolife; trump
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To: HarleyLady27

Yeah but Trump has ugly hair.
Never trust a guy who’s hair looks like a a small dog is sitting on his head.


61 posted on 02/15/2016 3:08:09 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland
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To: Jewbacca
Trump People who don't like Trump or that don't know any better, or that are supporting other candidates, has said so many conflicting things, it's hard to know what to take seriously, if anything.

There...fixed it for you. I recommend you read his books.

62 posted on 02/15/2016 3:08:18 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Rational Thought

He was sitting on his daddy’s knee who was a Castro supporter.


63 posted on 02/15/2016 3:09:50 PM PST by dforest
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To: TBP
Then provide an example.

OK, here is another quote from your own words in your posting history:

"I like to roll my poo into little balls and eat them."

That is every bit as accurate as you saying that Trump said he wants to implement single payer in America.
64 posted on 02/15/2016 3:10:56 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: Karl Spooner


"I consider Ted to be very kind. He is a very, very gentle-hearted person."

(Best friend and ex roommate David Panton)
65 posted on 02/15/2016 3:11:15 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

I was wondering when that photo that was very similar to one Of Obama’s was going to surface.

Sweet, ain’t it?


66 posted on 02/15/2016 3:13:08 PM PST by dforest
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To: odawg

It’s not froth....


67 posted on 02/15/2016 3:13:46 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: gg188
This is Cruz’s former business partner, former roommate, and lifelong friend. His name is David Panton. If you take the time to research, you can read all about the private equity/investment management scam that Panton and Cruz pulled off in Jamaica. Panton is quite a shady character, professionally and personally. He’s moved his private equity/investment/bankster business to Atlanta, last I checked. He has no shortage of critics of his business practices and his private life is pretty sketchy too.

It's so funny---Cruzers simply don't want to know, hide their head in the sand rather than look into Ted's and Heidi's past. Before making a mistake, wouldn't someone want to know all about a man before supporting him for president? Instead, Cruzers wish to know NOTHING. The KNOW-NOTHINGS, that's what they are LOL.

68 posted on 02/15/2016 3:14:25 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: Karl Spooner

That could be worse considering who he hired for ads. LOL


69 posted on 02/15/2016 3:15:31 PM PST by dforest
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To: dforest
I was wondering when that photo that was very similar to one Of Obama's was going to surface.

Puts his enthusiasm for Roberts in a new light.
70 posted on 02/15/2016 3:15:33 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

71 posted on 02/15/2016 3:16:00 PM PST by Bobalu (I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
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To: sunrise_sunset

Mercy.


72 posted on 02/15/2016 3:16:26 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: gg188

Looks like the Great Communicator should of been called the Great Evolver too. Maybe the “purist” conservatives amongst us should keep in mind that one of conservatism’s great icons was at one time a New Deal liberal Democrat.


73 posted on 02/15/2016 3:16:26 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Morgana

Oh so Trump is 69 right now, and Cruz is saying Trump has been for abortion for 60 years? Wait a minute....Trump was “9” years old at that time? OH ANOTHER LIE BY CRUZ!!!

How many more is he going to tell????


74 posted on 02/15/2016 3:16:42 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: sunrise_sunset
I guarantee there's not one Cruzer on FR who ever heard of this guy (unless they are reading this thread now, where I revealed his identity.)

I guarantee that FR Cruzers could not name ONE Cruz donor.

I guarantee that FR Cruzers could not provide Cruz's work resume/experience, nor that of Heidi's.

75 posted on 02/15/2016 3:16:45 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: usafa92

How dare you question Saint Cruz? You know he walks on water among his followers.


76 posted on 02/15/2016 3:20:32 PM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: dforest

It’s starting to add up with him meeting with gay donors and all.


77 posted on 02/15/2016 3:21:02 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Exactly.


78 posted on 02/15/2016 3:21:12 PM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: Second Amendment First

No, but I’m not so naive as to trust someone who recently claims to have changed but so far has only shown talk and not much fruit.


79 posted on 02/15/2016 3:22:12 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: odawg

Trump’s donations to Republicans only exceed donations to Democrats since 2012 — when he seems to have started laying the groundwork for his 2016 presidential campaign. If that is enough for you, you are far more trusting than I. I hope you are right and I am wrong.


80 posted on 02/15/2016 3:22:54 PM PST by Kaisersrsic
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