Hey SuziQ...that was Terry Jeffrey from Human Events. He stands behind his statement that Thompson was pro-choice at the time, but he is very glad that Thompson is now pro-life.
I consider him a solid pro-life conservative with no reason to lie and he had personal contact with Thompson in 1996. I believe that everyone can draw their own conclusions from that.
Have a great Saturday! Hot in Swampeast Missouri !
Well I know personally how statements can be misconstrued by folks in the press. I know a family whose son was running for Congress, and a newspaper "quoted" him as being "pro-choice". When the paper came out the following morning, his Mama called him chewing him out. He was flabbergasted, because he'd never said any such thing.
Terry Jeffrey probably concluded that Fred Thompson was pro-choice because of his Federalist ideas that the government shouldn't be involved in every single aspect of our lives. But it may also be true that he at one time felt, as many do, that abortion should be legal in the hard cases of rape, incest, or in the event the mother's life is threatened. I'd read somewhere, recently, that seeing the ultrasounds of his two young children had had a profound effect on him, so maybe he's tightened his opposition even more.