In 2005, Governor Romney forced Catholic hospitals to provide abortions and day after pills in spite of their moral objection. Would he do the same as President? I cannot say. Can you?
It’s OK though, Mitt will do it more slowly...
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mary-ann-glendon-defends-romney-on-religious-freedom/
On Feb. 8, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that it was “odd” for Romney to speak out against the federal mandate, arguing that it is “virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts.”
Romney responded later that day, saying, “Mr. Carney needs to check his history.”
He said that the “provision was put in Massachusetts before I was governor” and that while in office, he “tried to have it removed.”
“I worked very hard to get the legislature to remove all of the mandated coverages including contraception,” he said.
Romney has also been criticized for a law that passed when he was in office that required Catholic hospitals to provide “emergency contraception,” which causes early abortions, to rape victims.
However he has responded that he vetoed this bill when it came to his desk. The legislature overrode his veto, and so the bill became law, but he had not approved it, he said.
Romney argued that as governor, he “steadfastly tried to honor and respect religious conscience.”
“I worked closely with the Archdiocese of Boston, met with Cardinal O’Malley from time to time, and did our very best to respect the religious feelings and beliefs of the people in my state,” he said.
While his opponents are skeptical and say he should have done more to fight the measures, Glendon believes that Romney “has shown backbone on every critical issue at every juncture when it counted.”