Sorry, but Romney’s change of heart happened during his term as governor. And he has always been against abortion but not strong enough to have the government outlaw it. Reagan was for legalized abortion too until his heart changed. Did that mean he praised abortion as a right? They both went along with it, not praising it. O come on, you are exaggerating Romneys past error.
Even while he was still an ardent supporter of abortion rights according to statements he made in 2002?
Reagan was for legalized abortion too until his heart changed
Another classic lie, first spread by Rudy boosters and now by Mitt boosters. Reagan signed a bill making abortion legal only in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's hardly supporting legalized abortion.
O come on, you are exaggerating Romneys past error.
Want me to post Romney's quotes from 1994 and 2002? I really don't think you want to go there.
Hey, RM, now some Mitt boosters are telling the same Reagan-was-pro-abort lie that the Rudy boosters used to attempt.
He was proudly pro-choice when he was trying to beat Kennedy for a Senate seat.
Promoting lies like this got many a Guilaini supporter banned, so I'd stop using this tidbit if I were you.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/25/romney_hints_of_a_shift_on_abortion/
When Romney was wooing Massachusetts voters in 2002, he said he supported Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, and promised not to change the state’s abortion policies. He espoused the same position during his 1994 US Senate campaign against Kennedy.
‘’I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country,” Romney said in an October 1994 debate against Kennedy. ‘’I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.”
In recent months, however, Romney has played up his personal opposition to abortion in out-of-state speeches; removed a reference to Roe before signing an annual proclamation celebrating access to birth control; tried to promote the teaching of abstinence to students; and declined to publicly back a measure expanding access to emergency contraception, even though he said he supported that goal during the 2002 campaign. He has said he will examine the proposal if it reaches his desk.
I have read that Reagan in 1967 signed abortion into law in CA because:
1. He thought he was following the wishes of the legislature and the CA population: it was they who made the decision.
2. He never expected abortion to become routine birth control for some peoples.
3. He thought abortion would be a “last resort” in the medical community.
Or, did he originally support abortion, as Nancy still does? Or did he simply once again, as with SDO in 1981, not do his homework?