Gingrich says that by running the ad, it would be a "knowing publication of a false statement," which fits the definition of malice under libel statutes in many states.
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2012/feb/15/restore-our-future/newt-supported-chinas-one-child-policy-super-pac-s/
"He co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting Chinas brutal one-child policy," says the voice in the ad paid for by Restore Our Future. The super PAC is run by supporters of Mitt Romney.
Restore Our Future refers to House Resolution 1078, which was introduced on Feb. 22, 1989, before Gingrich became speaker and when Democrats had control of the House of Representatives.
The legislation was called the Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989. It set national goals to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and encouraged international agreements to address global warming, PolitiFact Florida reported. It required the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor global warming and create plans for future action. It supported stricter fuel standards for cars and alternative energy. It also sent money to developing countries to encourage practices that reduce carbon emissions.
The bill had several hearings but received unfavorable reviews from the administration of George H.W. Bush and never became law.
The Restore Our Future website says the $60 million went to the United Nations Population Fund and that President Ronald Reagan withheld funds from the program after he determined the program, which supports family planning and contraception, was supporting Chinese actions.
The bill did propose money for the United Nations Population Fund. But Section 1102, Part C, of the bill prohibits using any of the funds for "the performance of involuntary sterilization or abortion or to coerce any person to accept family planning." That is the exact opposite of the language in Restore Our Futures ad about Gingrich.
As we mentioned, PolitiFact Florida rated this claim Pants On Fire."
The news circulation of Romney’s lying ads against Newt, coordinate nicely with Santorum’s anti-Romney “mudslinging” ad - Rombo.
The Romney Slime Machine at work.
This is an amazing, public, “big lie” in the tradition of Goebbels.
Romney has done this kind of thing throughout the campaign. I’ve no doubt he was behind the sexual innuendo campaign waged against Herman Cain. I’ve no doubt he was behind the “racist rock” campaign against Rick Perry. I’ve no doubt he is behind the grossly out-of-context “dangers of contraception” quote dug up by Time Magazine against Rick Santorum.
The Romney Slime Machine says that Romney is a cheap shot liar, his politcal flip-flops peg him a liar, and the debates have proven him a liar. Remember the book quote shown by both Perry and Santorum, and remember Romney denying the quote even though it’s there in black and white?
That’s Romney. He is incapable of truth.