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It is said that about a million babies were killed by abortion because of the pro abortion bill Ronald Reagan signed into law in California when he was governor. These cheap shots against Mitt Romney are nauseating and totally unfair.

These misrepresentations of then Governor Ronald Reagan are more than unfair, they are despicable. Ronald Reagan never flip-flopped on his position against abortion, unlike Romney, who has and continues his pattern even during this latest attempt to win votes. In your zeal to malign President Reagan, you are leaving out important information and facts, such as the following:

As against the misrepresentations against President Reagan regarding his alleged "change in position" concerning abortion, perhaps you should read Reagan's own words. Here are some from Reagan: A Life In Letters -- Read pages 197-198.

October 11, 1979, Letter to Mr. Robert L. Mauro:

Dear Mr. Mauro:
I hope you won't mind my writing you about a recent column of yours suggesting that I might be preparing to abandon my anti-abortion position and that I signed a permissive abortion bill while I was governor. I think there are things I should make plain here.
First, my position is that interrupting a pregnancy means the taking of a human life. In our Judeo-Christian tradition, that can only be done in self-defense. Therefore, I will agree to an abortion only to protect the life of the prospective mother.
Now, with regard to the permissive bill I supposedly signed, let me give you the correct history of what took place early in my term as governor. A bill was introduced that was permissive, indeed abortion on demand. Naturally, there was great controversy about this bill. The author finally sent word that he would amend his bill to anything the governor thought he could sign. Faced with this responsibility, I probably did more study and more soul searching on the subject than I had done on anything in my eight years as governor. I came to the conclusion, as I have already stated, that it could only be justified to save a human life. . . . Perhaps it was my inexperience in government, but like so many pieces of legislation, there were loopholes that I had not seen, and the thing that made the California abortion bill become somewhat permissive in nature was violation of the spirit of the legislation by the very groups who were supposed to police it. This was particularly true in the case of psychiatrists. If faced with the same problem today, I can assure you I would make sure there were no loopholes in the bill. Indeed, I have already written Congressman Hyde telling him of my support for his amendment.
Again, please rest assured there is no way I could or would change my position with regard to my opposition to the permissive abortion that is taking place throughout our land.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan

Adamantly pro-choice? Ronald Reagan and abortion in 1967

Lawmakers tried to amend the bill in 1970, and Governor Reagan refused: "Who might they be doing away with? Another Lincoln, or Beethoven, an Einstein or an Edison? Who shall play God?"
That was Ronald Reagan when the Therapeutic Abortion Act became law. That was the Ronald Reagan whom Mitt Romney cavalierly calls "adamantly pro-choice." He was not the prescient and decisive crusader for life for which our romantic imaginings might long, but he was with certainty not pro-choice.

Here is an Abstract of the law

: The California Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967 is submitted to the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Abortion. An abortion may be performed by a licensed physician, in an accredited hospital, where the abortion is approved in advance by a committee of the medical staff (at least 2 for pregnancies of less than 13 weeks gestation and at least 3 for pregnancies of more than 13 weeks gestation) and where there is substantial risk to the physical and mental health of the mother with continued pregnancy, or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. The procedures are outlined for approval of abortion on grounds of rape or incest and involve determining probable cause. Performing and soliciting or submitting to abortion outside of these regulations is subject to imprisonment.

Note: Under this law, in no event could a termination of pregnancy be approved after the 20th week of pregnancy.

As concerns judicial appointments, Romney has appointed judges who are not likely to have been on the pro-life side, considering the following:

Romney has by far and away appointed liberals to the bench.

Governor Romney appointed 36 judges but a check of their political affiliation confirms that only 9 of them are Republicans. Two are radical gay activists and 14 are registered Democrats. The remainder are unenrolled. Since Massachusetts Democrats are among the most pro-abortion Democrats in America, we have to assume that the majority of Romney's judicial appointments are NOT pro-life.