Join the Club: Mitt Romney and Pro-Life Conversion (Good Read!)

National Review via Mitt Romney's web site ^ | 1/29/07 | Kate O'Beirne

[Recovering_Democrat]

I had no idea about the Ronald Reagan turnaround. Mitt Romney may yet get my support in the primaries.

I had wavered a bit after seeing his liberal social stances in some video clips where he debated The Swimmer...but he may indeed be someone who changed his mind about the issue.

[traderrob6]

Related....

http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2007/02/pro-life-attorney-endorses-mitt-romney.html

[Sans-Culotte]

Good to know. I think I'll keep Mitt on my short list of candidates.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Thanks for the link. :)

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[Mr. Silverback]

Romney's problem is that his conversion is very recent...but if it's him, Rudy or McCain I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

[JCEccles]

Bump.

[Unmarked Package]

Mitt Romney recalled the time in his life and the event that prompted his public, pro-life change in position during a recent speech given at the National Review Institute Conservative Summit. The portion of the speech about abortion and stem cell farming can be viewed at YouTube.

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[EternalVigilance]

...this report will demonstrate that Romney was probably the most pro-abortion and pro-gay rights Republican official in the nation for the last decade. The idea that he has suddenly become a conservative after a decade of liberal actions and statements would be merely amusing were it not for the fact that he’s running for the presidency and that many conservatives are falling for this act.

[Rex Anderson]

The link in #12 is written by a horrible source.

Here is where evangelicals debunk it:

http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/massresistance/therealtruth.pdf

[Tribune7]

I'd vote for Romney. Right now he's number 2 behind Hunter for moi!

[dirtboy]

I really don't see any debunking in that link.

All I see is a difference in opinion about whether Mitt's pro-choice rhetoric in 1994 is a fair evaluation of how he truly feels about the issue. And it's quite reasonable to interrogate the sincerity of a conservative ephiphany that coincides with a run for a new office.

[Rex Anderson]

All I see is a difference in opinion about whether Mitt's pro-choice rhetoric in 1994 is a fair evaluation of how he truly feels about the issue.

Well, you could look beyond that 13 yr old rhetoric, and see how he actually governed.

For example, Romney vetoed a bill providing access to the "morning after" pill, not exactly a pro-choice position.

FYI, I don't have a candidate yet, and I'm not saying hard questions shouldn't be asked of any candidate, but to have someone post a link to a Massachusetts Moonbat like Brian Camenker cannot go unanswered.

[dirtboy]

For example, Romney vetoed a bill providing access to the "morning after" pill, not exactly a pro-choice position.

The problem is, was Romney's conversion heartfelt? Or does he just put on a different jacket for the office he's seeking?

[Rex Anderson]

Many social conservatives and evangelicals believe it is heartfelt, and this favorable piece in the National Review on that subject was written by the very pro-life Kate O'Beirne.

From the article: "During his gubernatorial campaign, [Mitt Romney] won the endorsement of the abortion-rights group Republican Majority for Choice. But three years later, the group's co-chairman declared, 'We feel very betrayed.' The reason was that Governor Romney had vetoed a bill that would have allowed access to emergency contraception – the 'morning-after pill' – without a prescription. Romney had also vetoed an embryonic-stem-cell-research bill; and last year his administration issued regulations banning the creation of embryos for research purposes, calling such research 'Orwellian in its scope.'

[dirtboy]

I think in this area, Romney has a clear advantage over Rudy. At least he understands the need to reach out to the right. All I hear from the Rudyboosters is that pro-life issues are irrelevant this year and they don't need us anyway. Not a very smart strategy to win the White House. But pride always goeth before the fall.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

And it's quite reasonable to interrogate the sincerity of a conservative ephiphany that coincides with a run for a new office.

Gee, I thought pro-lifers were supposed to cheer on someone who converted to their (our) position.

So Romney converts and is immediately criticized for it by the holier-than-thou conservatives.