Because you are lying.
Reagan never had to "repudiate his stand on abortion" because Reagan was never pro-abortion.
Mitt Romney, just over 2 weeks ago, reverted back to his LIFELONG pro-abortion stance.
Romney is dedicated to abortion, has promoted it, praised it, spoke passionately on it's importance, and how much it has meant to him and his family since 1963, Mitt has paid for abortion, fund raised for abortion. Mitt Romney is deeply, pro-abortion.
Because you don't know what you are talking about, you ninny. I lived in CA when Reagan signed the first abortion law in the US -- before Roe v. Wade. Along with many members of my parish, I composed and sent him a telegram begging him not to sign the bill. I received a letter from him AFTER he signed the bill explaining his position -- a lot of drivel about rape and incest, completely ignoring that the legislation interpreted the phrase "for the health or life of the mmother" as extending to "mental anguish", IOW any excuse for abortion on demand.
I remember when he changed his tune when he ran for President and proclaimed that signing the abortion law in CA was "the worst mistake" he ever made. In the mean time, I watched the number of abortions in CA exceed the number of live births.
But, we accepted Reagan's change of heart.
Romney has now said that he believes in abortion in the cases of rape and incest and for saving the life of the mother. That's not good, but Obama favors allowing the child to die on the delivery table and prohibits any palliative care for the newborn, which is even worse. Not only that, he is forcing all of us to pay for abortions across the board as a substitute for birth control.
I'll take my chances with Romney who appears to have moderated his previous position, backed by a strong pro-lifer, Ryan, who can be very persuasive over the evil one, currently occupying the empty chair. It's easy.
The Reagan you worship is a product of talk radio, he never existed in real life. Reagan made all sort of compromises while President. He was a man and a politician, not perfect.
In fact in late 1980s your sort of “Conservative” purists were busy accusing Reagan of selling out the Conservative movement.
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-09-06/news/mn-6253_1_arms-control
From Sept 1987
Deserting’ His Position
“Many who wouldn't publicly criticize Reagan now are doing it,” conservative activist Richard A. Viguerie said. “They're concerned about abortion, pornography, busing and economic issues, but at the core of the criticism is anti-communism. Across the board he seems to be deserting his anti-communist position he has had for the last 30 years.”
From the earliest days of Reagan's presidency, some right-wing activists have never been entirely satisfied with the Administration's ideological zeal, particularly on foreign policy and so-called “social issues.” In the past, Reagan's vast popularity inhibited open complaints, but now—as he approaches the last year of his final term weakened by the Iran-contra affair—these critics are becoming outspoken.
Go read the article I linked to. You are seriously embarrassing yourself here. I’m sorry the truth hurts. But you need to learn to deal with the facts, not just cling to your emotion based opinions.
Go read the article I linked.
It is utterly impossible to have a rational discussion with people like yourself that utterly refuses to learn even a single fact that challenges your emotion based opinions.
All you are accomplishing here is making yourselves look incredible childish and ignorant.
Instead of desperately flailing around for some absurd nonsense to divert off topic, address the facts.
Your statements are totally divorced from all contact from reality. You are, to put it kindly, utterly deranged.
http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Republican_Party_Abortion.htm
Republican Party on Abortion
Support human life amendment; oppose abortion funding
Faithful to the “self-evident” truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or fund organizations which perform or advocate it and will not fund or subsidize health care which includes abortion coverage. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life. We oppose the non-consensual withholding or withdrawal of care or treatment, including food and water, from people with disabilities, including newborns, as well as the elderly and infirm, just as we oppose active and passive euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Source: 2012 Republican Party Platform , Aug 27, 2012
You are, to put it kindly, utterly deranged.
http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Democratic_Party_Abortion.htm
Democratic Party on Abortion
Strongly and unequivocally support Roe v. Wade
The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way. We also recognize that health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. We strongly and unequivocally support a woman’s decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of and access to programs that help women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including caring adoption programs.
You are completely divorced from any contact with reality. You statements have utterly no contact with even a notion of a hint of a thought of a fact