“Mitt Romney is pro-life.”
Mitt Romney had the second most liberal record of any of the GOP presidential candidates, with only Rudy being more liberal. Sure, Romney has spent the past 2 or 3 years claiming to be pro-life, but he campaigned as a firmly pro-abortion candidate as recently as the 2002 gubernatorial elections and for the most part governed as a pro-abortion executive (with the one exception of opposing human cloning for embryonic stem-cell research-—but he has said that he has no problem with embryonic stem-cell research that kills embryos that weren’t cloned).
McCain’s pro-embryonic-stem-cell-research vote did not endear him to pro-lifers, and he needs to pick someone whose pro-life bona fides are even stronger than his own, and that ain’t Romney.
You know, I wonder why pro-life individuals and organizations spend so much time trying to convince everyone, including elected officials (like a Massachusetts Governor), that the lives of unborn children should be protected, that abortion is wrong, etc. What's the point if we're just going to condemn anyway anyone who has ever held a position or done anything that wasn't 100% pro-life? The 100-percenters who condemn Romney because there are a few things in his record that weren't optimum for the pro-life cause set a precedent which discourages any elected official from changing their mind on the subject. If those who do change their minds are still punished for their past, then why change their mind? I can assure you that the pro-death industry (Planned Parenthood, etc.) welcomes with open arms anyone who changes their mind in their direction and can provide far better campaign funding than pro-lifers can. Being as unforgiving on this subject is a recipe for the continuance and expansion of the current pro-death culture.
"Governor Romney has a record of action in defending life. Every decision he made as Governor was on the side of life. " - Dr. John Willke - Father of the Pro-Life Movement, Founder of National to Right to Life Committee, Founder and President of International Right to Life Federation, President of Life Issues Institute