Posted on 05/19/2019 9:58:17 AM PDT by Morgana
Washington (CNN)Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday he does not support the recently passed Alabama law that would ban abortions with few exceptions, going further than legislation in any other state.
"I don't support the Alabama law," Romney told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, said that while he is against abortion, he favors exceptions "for rape and incest and where the life of the mother is at risk."
Romney joins other prominent Republicans outside of Alabama in saying that the law goes too far. In a tweet Saturday night, President Donald Trump said he supported the same exceptions that Romney called for on Sunday, and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is also Romney's niece, also said she personally felt there should be exceptions in the law for rape and incest.
Romney on Sunday told CNN that there were "extreme" laws on both sides of the abortion debate and pointed to New York and Virginia, which have debated expanding abortion rights. The New York law passed in January said abortions could be performed after 24 weeks if the fetus is not viable or when necessary to protect the life of the mother. A Virginia bill that included loosening restrictions around abortion in the third trimester was tabled earlier this year as Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam faced backlash for comments regarding the measure.
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A fake Mormon, too. But they voted for him.
I’m shocked! Shocked I tell ya...
Good, Mitt boy, we don’t support you either. And by the way, stay out of Alabama. It’s our Sweet Home, and we’d like to keep it that way.
whatever it takes to keep him out of our state...
Sort of like having to watch a video of someone with diarrhea having a bowel movement...
Not a bad description.
And then when you ask FReepers, “Why keep posting this crap?” you get, “Well, you know we need to know about our opposition’s diarrhea and bowel movements.”
Stupid.
Former governor of Abortochusetts.
That’s what ok mittens, this Alabama conservative, doesn’t approve of Utah electing an interloper yankee as a senator. Even one that wears magic underwear, worships a satanic based theology....
Go away or feel free to come lecture us down here.
Alabama Voters to Mitt: Drop Dead.
He is now that he’s not running against a Dem. He was a lying, no tax paying, dog killing piece of crap when he ran against the half breed.
I am not surprised. Is anybody surprised. This creep is just taking over in McCain’s place.
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A snake if ever there was one, and a primary reason I have vowed to never donate a single penny to any Republican organization. Thanks, Utahans, for foisting this POS on our country.
Remembering that I voted for this dope makes me a little queasy.
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I know how you feel. In ‘08 I voted against the Kenyan Fraud and cast a ballot for McCain. Wish I had stayed home instead.
That’s okay, Mittens!! I don’t support you being a Senator from Utah.
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