Gingrich plans ad to hit Romney on abortion

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 1/6/2012 | Byron York

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NASHUA, NH -- Newt Gingrich plans to open up what could be a bitter new front in his fight with Mitt Romney with an ad accusing Romney of allowing taxpayer dollars to fund abortion in Massachusetts.

The new ad will run in South Carolina "soon," according the Gingrich campaign.

The topic of abortion has emerged as a particularly contentious issue between the Gingrich and Romney campaigns. Gingrich's accusation is that Romney's universal health care plan in Massachusetts explicitly provides for taxpayer funding of abortions. Romney responds by arguing that a longstanding Massachusetts supreme court decision, which as governor he had no power to overturn, forced the state to provide abortion aid to poor women. Romney did not support the policy, his campaign says.

Some Romney supporters have become angry at Gingrich's accusation, especially with two debates coming up this weekend in which much of the GOP field is expected to hit Romney hard. "I don't think Mr. Gingrich has the guts to say it to Gov. Romney's face," former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who has endorsed Romney, said on Fox News Friday morning. "He is wrong. It is dishonest for him to say that…Mr. Gingrich has a little difficulty with the truth."

[Salvation]

We don’t Romneycare any more than we want Obamacare.

Go away, Romney.

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