Factcheck.org states that When Romney signed the healthcare regulation “RomneyCare” that abortion was not mentioned at all.
It says it was included later by the Commonwealth Connector and that even they had no choice because The state Supreme Court had ruled in 1981 that the Massachusetts Constitution required payments for medically necessary abortions as a “fundamental right” afforded to Medicaid-eligible women. It restated in a 1997 decision that the state must pay for medically necessary abortions if it pays for all other medically necessary procedures including services in connection with childbirth.
Is this true?
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Is is true Romney had nothing to do with abortion being
included in Romneycare? I don’t know, if it is, there should be record of Romney taking action to try and remove abortion coverage from his plan.
Where is that? All I’ve seen, his constantly stating being for abortion to win election in Massachusetts and who could
ignore, Mitt praising his own mother for supporting abortion!
Prayers....
A lack of God’s grace, Mormons are not Christian. How
can God guide and bless this man’s decisions for our country, Obamney.
From Wikipedia:
"Romney vetoed an emergency contraception bill in July 2005, claiming that allowing it to pass into law would violate his "moratorium" on changes to the abortion laws.[117] He vetoed a bill on pro-life grounds that the bill would expand access to emergency contraception in hospitals and pharmacies. He returned from his vacation house in New Hampshire to veto the bill, because the Lt. Govorner, Kerry Healey would have signed the bill into law.[118] The legislature voted overwhelmingly to overturn the veto and pass the bill into law on September 15, 2005.[119] At the time of the veto, Romney said he does not support abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is threatened.[120] He opposed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, criticizing "'one size fits all' judicial pronouncements".[120] The following year, Romney's spokesperson has also indicated that were he the governor of that state, he would sign into law the controversial South Dakota abortion law, but include exceptions for cases of incest or rape, which the South Dakota law excludes.[121]"