Can you explain how someone who believes abortion should be legal is pro-life?
But he {Thompson} also told the Eagle Forum in a 1994 questionnaire, “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized. This battle will be won in the hearts and souls of the American people.”
In a candidate survey the same year for The Tennessean newspaper, Thompson said that states should have the right to impose “reasonable restrictions on abortions such as parental notification.” But he said, “The ultimate decision on abortion should be left with the woman and not the government.” http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289422,00.html
Documents The Tennessean located in Thompson’s Senate archive at the University of Tennessee show:
• On a 1996 Christian Coalition survey, he checked “opposed” to an amendment to the U.S. Constitution “protecting the sanctity of human life.”
• He included a handwritten clarification: “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized. This battle will be won in the hearts and souls of the American people.”
• In 1996, asked by the Memphis group FLARE (Family, Life, America, Responsible Education Under God Inc.) if human life begins at conception, Thompson circled “N/A.”
As a “Romney Republican,” do you really want to get into a contest on the various candidates’ views on abortion ? You might pick your battles more carefully.
Can you explain Fred Thompson's 100% pro-life voting record. Fred may not be the most rabid pro-lifer out there, but he is solidly pro-life.
Slick Willard was pro-abortion as late as 2005, just before running for president.
Now he claims he’s pro-life. Riiiiiiiight.
Well at least Fred can spell "federalism" as well as explain it.Romney can do neither.
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