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“He said abortion is a choice??” Uh.. Yes. In 50 states even. Steele said women have a right to choose an abortion. So what? Newsflash: they do currently have that right. Hence the “choose life” slogan that those of us who are pro-lifers love to slap on t-shirts, posters, and bumper stickers. Saying that women have an “individual choice” about abortion is nothing more than a statement of fact, not an indication that someone is pro-abortion. If you get pregnant, you currently have the right to get an abortion in all 50 states. So right now, it is a choice. I am rabidly pro-life and I certainly agree that’s the case.

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Steele: You go and you say, [pounding desk] “You will find tools that you will put in place, structures that will allow and embrace more diverse people to come to the party.” But this is the thing to keep in mind: Opening up the party, and making it more accessible, and making it more relevant, does not mean that I need to backslide on what I believe or what values we hold. We are a party; we are the conservative party of this country. We are a party that values life, born and unborn. We value hard work, individual rights, and liberties. We value the individual—to go out and carve out a dream for themselves. We value free-market and free-enterprise solutions. We value smaller government. We think the less government in your life, the better off you are as an individual and a family.

You can choose life, or you can choose abortion. You know, my mother chose life. So, you know, I think the power of the argument of choice boils down to stating a case for one or the other.

Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?

Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice.

You do?

Yeah. Absolutely.

Are you saying you don’t want to overturn Roe v. Wade?
I think Roe v. Wade—as a legal matter, Roe v. Wade was a wrongly decided matter.

Okay, but if you overturn Roe v. Wade, how do women have the choice you just said they should have?

The states should make that choice. That’s what the choice is. The individual choice rests in the states. Let them decide.

Do pro-choicers have a place in the Republican Party?

Absolutely!

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