[Jim Noble]

just as virtually ever state in the union did before Roe.

No state punished abortion as murder before Roe, not a single one, not ever.

[Ol' Sparky]

And, the Human Life Amendment in the Republican platform doesn't mention punishment for abortion, merely that the unborn have a right to life.

So, Thompson just brought up a straw man -- one a pro-abortion politician would use -- to oppose such an amendment.