This is going to be a very large obstacle:
http://www.lifenews.com/state1315.html
Massachusetts Gov. Romney Won't Issue Morning After Pill Exemption
December 8, 2005
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reversed himself on whether he will issue an exemption for Catholic and private hospitals that don't want to be forced to distribute the morning after pill to rape victims.
The state legislature approved a bill backed by abortion advocates mandating that all state hospitals must make the Plan B drugs, which sometimes cause an abortion, available to women who have been raped.
Catholic and other religious and private hospitals that have moral beliefs against the drug, objected.
Romney on Wednesday indicated the state health department would issue an exemption to such hospitals because state law also mandates that they can't be forced to perform abortions or distribute contraception.
But Romney said Thursday that his legal advisors reviewed the matter after his idea came under attack from lawmakers and pro-abortion groups. He said is legal counsel told him the new law supersedes the old one.
"On that basis I have instructed the Department of Public Health to follow the conclusion of my own legal counsel and to adopt that sounder view," Romney said, according to an AP report.
The new law will go into effect on December 14 and Attorney General Tom Reilly, a Democrat who is running for governor next year, said he would make sure it's strongly enforced against all hospitals.
Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom previously said the governor supports exempting Catholic and private hospitals because it "respects the views of health care facilities that are guided by moral principles on this issue."
Seven other states that have laws forcing hospitals to dispense the Plan B drugs do not have exemptions for religious facilities.
How about this:
July 1st, 2002 Mitt Romney signed a permenant ban on Assault Weapons. “Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts,” Romney said link
He also supported the federal AWB and Brady Bill in his 1994 campaign and reiterated his support for the federal AWB in 2002.
But Romney said Thursday that his legal advisors reviewed the matter after his idea came under attack from lawmakers and pro-abortion groups. He said is legal counsel told him the new law supersedes the old one.Up till now, I've been looking somewhat favorably at Romney, but I'm looking for a leader on life issues, not someone who hides behind the law. At this point, I have no reason to trust Romney to nominate SC justices who will treat life issues as the matters of justice that they are.