Romney Says No Change on Abortion

Boston Globe ^ | June 4, 2005 | Raphael Lewis and Scott S. Greenberger

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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Governor Mitt Romney, under fire for an adviser's remark that he has been ''faking" his support of abortion rights, insisted yesterday that he would not back off his 2002 campaign pledge to uphold Massachusetts abortion laws, saying, ''I take my promises very seriously."

The Republican governor and possible 2008 presidential contender was forced to deal with questions about his abortion position during a trip to this key primary state a day after his top political consultant, Michael Murphy, was quoted in the conservative National Review as saying that Romney has been ''a prolife Mormon faking it as prochoice friendly."

''While I've said time and again that I oppose abortion, I've also indicated that I would not change in any way the abortion laws of Massachusetts, and I've honored my promises," Romney said during a press conference at the Radisson Center of New Hampshire before a scheduled speech to the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women.

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The issue continues...

[xJones]

The Republican governor and possible 2008 presidential contender

Someone's being delusional. Romney may be a Republican in Massachusetts but that translates to a centrist Democrat at best, in the rest of the U.S. He is a pro-abort Mormon Massachusetts governor which means that even Al Gore's mother would have a better chance in 2008 than Romney.

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So Romney continues to take a strong stand on both sides of the issue?

[Mom of 2 Marines]

You guys don't get it...one of the most fundamental beliefs of the LDS Church is an individual's agency. Church members are taught doctrine until blue in the face, but ultimately it is an individual's righ to choose what to do and on Judgment Day there will be accountability for those choices.

Secondly, the LDS Church is very big on supporting the law of the land. For example, the Church is against war except when needed to defend home and family, but it never told members to dodge the draft in Viet Nam. Young men were told to obey the law and serve honorably.

Romney's position on abortion is no different. He is personally opposed to abortion, but, once again, it is the law of the land and individuals have the freedom to choose what to do. Furthermore, as governor he is hardly in any position to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Heck, if the people of MA, one of the most liberal states in the country, elected him as governor they must have liked him regardless of his religion.