National Right to Life praises Thompson's voting record

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[jaybeegee]

The head of National Right to life says he's not troubled by Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson's opposition to federal legislation ending abortion, and therefore right-to-life activists across the U.S. should not be troubled as well.

The former Tennessee senator has drawn the consternation of some, but not all pro-life activists after saying that even though he believes life begins at conception, he would not support a federal constitutional amendment banning abortions. Thompson stated Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press: "I think people ought to be free at state and local levels to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with."

Earlier, the founder and president of the Texas-based pro-life group Life Dynamics said the GOP presidential candidate's comments indicate that he is a "pro-life pretender." In contrast, David Osteen, director of National Right to Life, says he does not have a problem with Thompson's stance because a human life amendment has been a "long-term" goal of the pro-life movement.

"You would have to change 20 to 25 votes in the Senate," says Osteen. "You'd have to replace 20 to 25 senators to pass an amendment even there. It takes two-thirds of both houses of Congress [and] three-fourths of the states to ratify [an amendment to the Constitutional], so it's not practical to think that there would be a human life amendment passing Congress during the next presidential term -- and of course, the president doesn't have a vote."
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[DesScorp]

Unlike anyone else but Rudy, Fred is trying to appeal to the general voter, as well as the GOP base. The difference is, he doesn’t have to nuance his position. He’s well and truly a federalist, and has long been an advocate of returning some rightful power back to the states, as the 10th Amendment proscribes.

[Spiff]

The founding President of National Right to Life Committee, the "father of the pro-life movement", Dr. John Willke has endorsed Mitt Romney.

Further, the National Right to Life Committee's OWN pro-life ratings does not make Thompson look all that good:

His voting record, according to Project Vote Smart's list of his ratings from National Right to Life, are:

• 1996 86%
• 1997 83%
• 1998 87%
• 1999 75%
• 2000 77%

And according to National Right to Life Committee's own ratings:

• 105th Congress 87%
• 106th Congress 78%
• 107th Congress 33%

If you average the ratings reported by Project Vote Smart, you get only an 81.6% pro-life rating.

If you average the ratings reported directly by the National Right to Life Commitee, you get only a 66% rating.

[Petronski]

The founding President of National Right to Life Committee, the "father of the pro-life movement", Dr. John Willke has endorsed Mitt Romney.

There's one born every minute.

[TheThirdRuffian]

No joke.

Thompson is for reversing Roe v. Wade and fighting it out at the state level — a winning strategy.

All these people holding out for a top-down solution are killing babies by bad strategy.

[ejonesie22]

Exactly.

It is time to treat this for what it is, a war.

It is time to fight it with tactics not empty and tired rhetoric...

[Route66]

BUMP for this thread. I’m sick and tired of everyone skinning Fred, who has an excellent voting record on life, while Rudy is on a fast track toward the nomination. Let’s get behind Fred before Rudy and Hillary are our only choices.

[trisham]

"I think people ought to be free at state and local levels to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with."

~Fred Thompson~

Go Fred!

[trisham]

Fred Thompson on Abortion

Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science. (Jun 2007)

Appoint strict constructionist judges. (Jun 2007)

Has never been pro-choice despite 1994 news reports. (Jun 2007)

Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)

Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)

Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)

[greyfoxx39]

Just saw this on "The Corner"....The National Right to Life Committee is going to endorse a presidential candidate tomorrow. It could have more of an impact than Robertson. My guess—and it's only a guess—is that the NRLC is going to go with Romney. [Ramesh Ponnuru]

More payback from National Review for Romney's "donations"...?

Heard anything about this endorsement?

[Politicalmom]

I will be surprised if they endorse Romney. They have been very outspoken about Fred’s record.

[JRochelle]

They are going to endose Fred.

According to The Corner.

WOOHOO!

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Thompson is for reversing Roe v. Wade and fighting it out at the state level — a winning strategy.

All these people holding out for a top-down solution are killing babies by bad strategy.

And that's why Fred calls himself a 'practical conservative'.

And I concur.