>>>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.<<<
Rommney supports protecting the unborn according to the Constitution and the 14th Amendment. Fred Thompson does not.
It’s very clear whose view is superior here. And yes, I’ll debate this with you all you want. Romney’s is the correct view. Fred Thompson is Constitutionally unsound if he believes life starts at conception. Period.
How is this Constitutionally unsound? If life begins at conception, then the unborn would be defended under the 10th amendment equal protection clause. When life begins falls no where into the Constitution, the Constitution defends the protected citizen. Law, science, and morality will define when one becomes a protected citizen.
I have not yet chosen a candidate to support in the primaries, and am not about to engage in the arguments that have torn this site asunder over the past many months.
I would note, however, that there are other issues that Romney and his fans should focus on where he is strong, instead of abortion where he is vulnerable. In fact, far more vulnerable than Thompson. If Romney wins the nomination, I will support Romney, as I will Thompson or Giuliani, or Hunter. Or perhaps a combination thereof.
Instead of debating you, for which neither of us has time, I thought I’d present both candidates as seen by other than their own campaign websites on the abortion issue.
http://ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Abortion.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Fred_Thompson_Abortion.htm