The difference is that for Mitt it is an aspirational goal of is. He will support it. He does endorse it as part of the GOP platform. And he would sign it.
Additionally, Mitt supports a state ban on abortion in his state should it come to that if Roe v Wade is overturned. Your candidate does not say he would support these things --- see post #234 for links.
Romney advisor Jim Bopp, a leading pro-life lawyer who serves as the top attorney for National Right to Life and other pro-life groups, tells LifeNews.com Romney's two positions go hand in hand:
Bopp, who wrote the amendment that appears in the Republican Party platform, said Romney "views the Human Life Amendment as an aspirational goal, which we hope and pray we eventually can achieve."
"In the meantime, the first important step toward that goal is reversal of Roe v. Wade, and thereby returning the matter to the states, through appointment of strict constructionist judges," Bopp added.
Bopp said Romney's approach is not an "either/or" but rather a "two-step process" of toppling Roe followed by a full move to amend the Constitution.
"The reversal of Roe be an important step in that direction," Bopp explained.
He told LifeNews.com the two-pronged strategy is necessary because there aren't enough votes for an amendment in Congress while overturning Roe could be one vote away on the Supreme Court.
It would allow for the protection of as many unborn children as possible in the short term while a human life amendment is pursued.
That squares with the pro-life movement's long-stated goals of protecting as many unborn children as possible as soon as possible -- first through getting judges on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and also through a federal amendment for long-term legal protection.
You state your candidate “supports” HLA and use that to hit other candidates. Yet your candidate specifically states that he will not promote or fight for HLA. Including the former info without including the latter is very misleading IMO.
And presidents do not sign Constitutional amendments — please explain what you mean when you claim that “he would sign it.” ???
BTW have not heard much from Jim Bopp lately...
Sign what? The Human Life Amendment?
Why would he do that?
“In the meantime, the first important step toward that goal is reversal of Roe v. Wade, and thereby returning the matter to the states,”
Sounds remarkably like the stand Fred took and a good many did not understand. Makes me kinda go hmmmmmmmmm.