[esarlls3]

If the LDS Church leadership was going to direct the politics of members, Mitt Romney and Harry Reid would have always voted pro-life.

[mcjordansc]

LDS is not strictly anti-abortion.

[Colofornian]

If the LDS Church leadership was going to direct the politics of members, Mitt Romney and Harry Reid would have always voted pro-life. [esarlls3]

LDS is not strictly anti-abortion. [mcjordansc]

Mcjordansc is correct. The LDS official statements on abortion are generally pro-life...the problem is that is poc-marked with all kinds of gaps like mouse-tunneled cheese.

There's "life of the mother"; there's a "competent" medical doc which could include either a part-time abortionist; or since, 90% of abortions are done in free-standing abortion clinics who knows if that = Mr. or Mrs. abortionist; plus if a woman prays about it & her "personal revelation" concludes that the Mormon god has said "yes" then he becomes an accomplice to pre-born murder...& I could go on for more "exceptions."

[ansel12]

“If the LDS Church leadership was going to direct the politics of members, Mitt Romney and Harry Reid would have always voted pro-life.”

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Romney himself in this video says that the church is not pro-life, at about 4 minutes in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0rcAByKUFM&mode=related&search=

[TheDon]

Romney laughs and then replies, "Well, I don't recall God speaking to me. I, I don't recall God speaking to anyone since, uh, Moses and the [burning] bush, or perhaps some others, but, but I don't have that frequent of communication."

Much todo about nothing. It must be primary season! It has to be tough on the MSM if this is all they have to talk about. They won't want Mitt as president simply because it will further kill their ratings! 8 more years of Clinton on the other hand... :-)