Idiot reporter doesn't understand the difference between banning something and returning it to the states.
If Paul were in favor of banning abortion at the federal level he'd be working for a law, constitutional amendment or judicial decision that would make all abortions illegal.
Even so - it really isn't a matter for the states.
The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees all persons the equal protection of the laws.
A pro-lifer - by definition - recognizes the unborn child as a person.
The states do not get to pick and choose who is or who is not a person or which persons get and which persons do not get rights.
Some time in the future, the practice of abortion will be seen to be as backward and cruel as we, in 2007, now view slavery, leeching, or witch-burning. People of 2075 or 2100 will wonder how our society could ever have been so barbaric.
OH MY FREAKING GAWD! THAT MEANS MORE CHILDREN WILL BE BORN TO GET SLAUGHTERED BY TERRORISTS! PAUL'S A KOOK!