Statement from Fred Thompson
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MCLEAN, Virginia, Nov. 29 /Standard Newswire/ -- Senator Fred Thompson released the following statement tonight regarding abortion:
"In tonight's debate we saw once again that on abortion, Rudy Giuliani is pro-choice and Mitt Romney is multiple choice. I believe abortion should only be allowed in the instances of rape, incest and the life of the mother and penalties should be assessed against the abortion doctor and not the woman."
But apparently for Thompson, less than 100% of babies should have a right to life.
When someone says that Fred has a 100% pro-life voting record, it means that in 100% of the votes taken in the Senate related to abortion Fred voted pro-life (actually, IIRC, Fred did make one vote in his first year in office that could be described as “pro-choice,” so he would more accurately be described as having a 97% pro-life voting record). There was never a vote taken in the Senate on whether there should be an abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest.
BTW, while I agree with you that abortion should not be legal except as the unintended consequence of saving the life of the mother, as I wrote in my post above I will not oppose someone like Fred Thompson or George W. Bush merely because they would support a rape-or-incest exception to an abortion ban.
Huckabee bears false witness against President Bush in a time of war! Is this who you want? He has no problem bearing false witness, why would we trust him?