Ping to Gingrich statement at #1.
As I said earlier, my personal transition to full pro-life at conception went through stages from pro-abortion, to pro-choice, to pro-rape/incest/life of mother, to pro-life at implantation, to life at conception. It was gradual over the years. I believe if someone really had the time and energy, they could find me arguing for rape/incest/life of the mother as recently as 5-7 years ago.
If others have done the same thing, then perhaps there’s a common bit of logic that gets applied. As I said, the most convincing to me has been the pro-life Catholics here and in my family. They have always been the most out-spoken and the best-versed on the subject.
We may be stuck with Newt as the nominee, but for a guy who has spent most of his adult life in politics he should have known better than to come out with this implantation garbage. I think most in the Pro-Life movement agree to the exceptions for rape/incest/life of the mother because they recognize you can not get broad support without those exceptions. Newt revealed a lack of critical thinking by buying into the garbage that the zygote is just a bunch of cells that science should be able to use at it sees fit.
I would urge Newt supporters to think twice about him. If he's POTUS there is no doubt he would be 100x's better than obama, but I don't think he's the small govt conservative everyone thinks he is.