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You claimed that Thompson's position is not in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. But that is exactly what Thompson's position is -- I think the problem here is that you don't understand what the effect of overturning Roe v. Wade is. You seem to be laboring under the false impression that overturning Roe v. Wade would result in a national prohibition of abortion -- the truth is that it will allow states to set their own abortion laws without federal restrictions, just as was true prior to Roe v. Wade.

The practical effect of that would be the probable saving of hundreds of thousands of lives each year, as about 20-25 states would likely pass laws banning or severely restricting abortions.

Again, read Dobson’s comments carefully.

It is about executive competence. There is more to being president than mouthing lines. Thompson has cancer and no executive experience. He does not, and perhaps can not, work very hard.

Ronald Reagan could not have been an effective president without his experience running the government in California as Governor. Regardless of his ideology and philosophy . . . he would not have been effective. Dobson’s comments are about competence as much as they are about position. We’re hearing rather a lot of this about Thompson of late, by people who understand its importance.

I would like to hear Thompson publicly state that Roe v. Wade is a violation of the US Constitution because it violates the unalienable right to life of unborn human beings. I want to hear Fred Thompson, not his supporters, say, especially in light of his past statements about how the Republican party's prolife platform is a problem, that he unequivocally supports overturning Roe v. Wade, that Roe v. Wade was a violent unconstitutional decision, and that the SCOTUS should have overturned all abortion laws because they were an abridgement of the due process rights and right to life of unborn human beings. I would like to hear him unequivocally state that it is not a federalist issue for the reasons I already cited: Any proabortion legislation is a violation of not only God’s laws, but US laws as well. As you read, bear in mind that person was used interchangeably with human being until Blackmun said the court would “ignore the well-known facts of fetal development” in Roe v. Wade in 1973. Also keep in mind that capital punishment was legal. The Declaration of Independence opens by stating the fundamental guiding principles of the new fledgling country: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are CREATED equal, that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness...” “...nor shall any peron...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...”(Amendment V of the US Constitution) This was binding on the federal government, so no federal government representative had the power to promote or authorize abortion. The unborn are undeniably human beings who are denied their due process and their right to life. The fourteenth Amendment,ratified in 1868, incorporated due process and the right to life so that now no state representative could lawfully deny the right to life or due process rights to any innocent human being. Justice Blackmun’s opinion, in Roe v. Wade was a direct violation of both God’s laws and US law. The right to life of innocent human beings is not a states’ rights issue. Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.