Then, it is even more disappointing that he won't fight with us -- even at the state level -- to stop abortion(which ends a life that has been conceived).
Instead, he said today he will allow each person to be free to make her own choice (he also referred to himself in the third person like Bob Dole - yikes):
"I think people ought to be free at state and local levels to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with."
It's a perfectly acceptable position to many. It's the position I previously held on this issue. However, I think if we are going to put a Republican in the WH for 8 years, with the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade, then why not elect a man who is willing to use the presidential bully pulpit to champion the cause of ending abortion on demand as we know it? Fred has clearly announced today that he is not that man.
It seems that he will not take the extra step and be a willing advocate for the unborn. We have other candidates, including Romney and Hunter, saying they are ready, willing and able to carry that mantle.
sounds good to me...will Romney suport the human life ammendment plank of the republican platform? I really hope so, for heaven sakes!
There is nothing in the Constitution about a right to an abortion. According to the 10th amendment, that makes abortion a state issue.
Fred wants to see Roe v Wade ended and abortion on demand abolished as the national policy of the US government. That means returning the issue of abortion back to the states, were it resided for 200 years.
Fred believes life begins at conception and abortion is the taking of a human life. Fred doesn’t support a right to life amendment mainly because he doesn't believe making criminals of women who get abortions is the correct decision. But even if he did support such an amendment, the chances of it becoming law anytime soon are slim to none. Besides, the POTUS has no say in the amendment process. That power belongs to the Congress and to the states.
As for Mitt Romney. For 35 years prior to 2005, Mitt Boy supported Roe v Wade as the law of the land and abortion on demand as a womans Constitutional right. Since he decided to run for POTUS, Mitt`s become pro-life. Obviously, another case of Romney placing political expediency before political principle.
Btw, as Fred said today on MTP:
"... that’s been my position the entire time I’ve been in politics. I thought Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided."
"Before Roe v. Wade, states made those decisions. I think people ought to be free at state and local levels to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with. That’s what freedom is all about. And I think the diversity we have among the states, the system of federalism we have where power is divided between the state and the federal government ... serves us very, very well. I think that’s true of abortion. I think Roe v. Wade hopefully one day will be overturned, and we can go back to the pre-Roe v. Wade days."
"My public position has always been the same. I’ve been 100 percent pro-life in every vote that I’ve ever cast in, in my service to the United States Senate."
"I had an opportunity to vote on an array of things over eight years, whether it be partial birth abortion, whether it be Mexico City policy, whether it be transporting young girls across state lines to avoid parental notification laws and all that--100 percent pro-life."
"... my legal record is there, and that’s the way I would govern if I was president. I would take those same positions. No federal funding for abortion, no nothing that would in any way encourage abortion."
"I think life begins at conception."
"I do not think that you can have ... a law that would be effective and that would be the right thing to do, ... which potentially would take ... young girls in extreme situations and say, basically, we’re going to put them in jail to do that. I just don’t think that that’s the right thing to do. It cannot change the way I feel about it morally, but legally and practically, I’ve got to recognize that fact. It is a dilemma that I’m not totally comfortable with, but that’s the best I can do in resolving it in my own mind."
Fred is a principled conservative, who is also a federalist. Something you and others do not comprehend.
Adios!