[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

It'll only take one, as long as it provides an unambiguous direct quote. But you won't find one. ~~ kevkrom

Perhaps not on the Internet. Going back that far can cost money.

News archive results for "fred thompson abortion 1994" 1994 » THE POLITICIAN'S PICKUP LINES; Fred Thompson, Driving ... - Pay-Per-View - Washington Post 1994 » THE POLITICIAN'S PICKUP LINES; Fred Thompson, Driving ... - Subscription - Washington Post 1994 » Tennessee actor auditions for Senate Republican Fred ... - Pay-Per-View - Austin American-Statesman

So, rather than pay for a bunch of Internet "Pay Per Views", or search the local library microfiche, I'll just ask you -- if you were running for office, and Abortion was important to you, and every News Report said that you favored the Legality of First-Trimester Abortion... don't you think you'd contest it?

I will go with the opinion of the National Right to Life organization over that of the AP. ~~ Politicalmom

National Right to Life says that Fred was Pro-Choice in the First Trimester in 1994. Does that count?

If you pick up the 1994 post-election edition of National Right to Life news, you’ll see a list of pro-life Senators elected in the class of ‘94. Thomspon was on the list, with a cross by it.

The cross stood for Thompson’s support for legal 1st Trimester abortion. He was generally pro-life, but supported abortion during the 1st trimester.
http://race42008.com/2007/03/27/where-does-fred-thompson-stand-on-abortion/

Again, if he's changed, GOOD! I'm Happy! All for the Better!

But if you "go with the opinion of the National Right to Life organization", they say Fred was 1st-Trimester Pro-Choice in 1994.

Just a point of History.

[kevkrom]

Perhaps not on the Internet. Going back that far can cost money. News archive results for "fred thompson abortion 1994" 1994 » THE POLITICIAN'S PICKUP LINES; Fred Thompson, Driving ... - Pay-Per-View - Washington Post 1994 » THE POLITICIAN'S PICKUP LINES; Fred Thompson, Driving ... - Subscription - Washington Post 1994 » Tennessee actor auditions for Senate Republican Fred ... - Pay-Per-View - Austin American-Statesman So, rather than pay for a bunch of Internet "Pay Per Views", or search the local library microfiche, I'll just ask you -- if you were running for office, and Abortion was important to you, and every News Report said that you favored the Legality of First-Trimester Abortion... don't you think you'd contest it?

All you've shown are articles from 1994 that mention "Fred Thompson", and "abortion". Once again, no direct attributable quote.

[Politicalmom]

St. Martin said that she went down to Tennessee in 1994 to speak with Thompson personally when he first ran for Senate, and that she determined he was against abortion.

“I interviewed him and on all of the questions I asked him, he opposed abortion,” St. Martin said. She told me that the group went on to support him in that election, and his record reinforced for her that their determination was correct.

“He has a consistent voting record that is pro-life,” she said.

On the NRLC website, they archive their congressional ratings back to 1997, so they include six of his eight years in the Senate. Thompson took the pro-life position on every vote he cast on the abortion issue. The only reason he didn’t have a 100% rating is that, as Jim pointed out, the ratings also include votes on campaign finance reform, which he supported.

I specifically pressed her on the 1994 National Review story that read: “On abortion, both Thompson and Cooper are pro-choice. But Thompson favors parental notification, Cooper voted against it.” I also asked her about the 1996 AP story mentioning Thompson’s opposition to a constitutional amendment banning abortion.

St. Martin said she was skeptical of such media reports, because they can be wrong as was her experience with stories in 2000 that George W. Bush had been pro-choice. She reiterated the fact that she knows Thompson opposed abortion because of her conversation with him, and that was reinforced by his subsequent voting record.

[papasmurf]

"...Not so, National Right to Life executive co-director Darla St. Martin just told me.

St. Martin said that she went down to Tennessee in 1994 to speak with Thompson personally when he first ran for Senate, and that she determined he was against abortion.

"I interviewed him and on all of the questions I asked him, he opposed abortion," St. Martin said. She told me that the group went on to support him in that election, and his record reinforced for her that their determination was correct.

"He has a consistent voting record that is pro-life," she said."

"Now, let's be clear, Thompson voting record is good, but Thompson's early views on abortion are confusion. If you pick up the 1994 post-election edition of National Right to Life news, you'll see a list of pro-life Senators elected in the class of '94. Thomspon was on the list, with a cross by it.

The cross stood for Thompson's support for legal 1st Trimester abortion. He was generally pro-life, but supported abortion during the 1st trimester."

"Certainly, this is better than Mitt Romney, who was pro-choice when he ran in 2002 and not just on 1st Trimester Abortions. In addition, Thompson has been consistent in his view of Roe."

Full Story at Adam's Blog

There are many other citations on the web that prove that the claim of Fred's being Pro-Choice is false.

:O)

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