If abortion is outlawed and a woman decides to go to a back alley for her abortion, Cain is absolutely correct. That is HER decision.
Perhaps if back alley abortions came back, there would be fewer abortions and A LOT more women keeping their legs closed.
That particular statement was about ADOPTION.
This template is the media strategy for Cain: "Once again, Cain is attempting to clarify and reverse a prior statement." In reality, he was consistent from the start.
Why is there never debate on the issue of Abstinence?
When I was growing up, you didn’t have sex until you were married. I have no idea what the numbers are on abortion 40 years ago vs. now. But I do know that NO ONE talks about NOT HAVING SEX in the first place.
All everyone talks about is what happens after two people, who have absolutely not planned to have a child together, end up with the female pregnant. And by “end up with the female being pregnant,” I mean having sex for the sake of sex, not for the sake of making love in a committed relationship with the intent of creating a family.
We have focused so much on the abortion argument that we have absolutely lost sight of the bigger issue: The morality of rampant sex, particularly in younger people.
To me, talking about abortion (while a completely worthwhile topic) is the finger in the dam. How about we repair the dam by preventing the pregnancies in the first place? How about we get back to a more moral base and encourage our children to abstain from sex until they are (a) mature enough to handle it, (b) married, and (c) able to plan for a pregnancy, rather than having an “oops” pregnancy.
Sigh.
’ “So in other words you don’t... would not even believe in abortion if rape, incest or the health of the mother was involved?” asked Schieffer.
“Yes, that’s my position,” he said. “
In 2004 , Cain supported an exception if the life of the mother was threatened.
In 1998 , he supported multiple exceptions.
Interview with his trade group magazine, The National Restaurant News ;
“Too many people in the electorate are single-issue voters,” he commented, “and to try and cater to the single-issue voters
and the single-issue pockets out there felt like
I was compromising my beliefs.
As an example, with the pro-life and pro-abortion debate,
the most vocal people are on the ends.
I am pro-life with exceptions,
and people want you to be all or nothing.”
He added, “I am not a social-issue crusader.
I am a free-enterprise crusader.”
yes.
Somehow I missed the interview where he go tripped up or something. All I have ever seen is Mr. Cain saying he was 100% pro-life. He even expressed his position clearly to the horror of the liberal vipers on The View. Unfortunately it is his fellow conservative contenders who are doing their very best to create confusion on this.
“..even believe in abortion if rape, incest or the health of the mother was involved?”
I do not agree with Cain on this issue. A woman that has been raped or impregnated by a relative or her life is in danger should have the choice to terminate the pregnancy.
“I am pro-life from conception, period” - and that he does not support exceptions even for victims of rape and incest.”
Cain has proven himself to be the only real conservative in the GOP race and is the only candidate worthy of support.
born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!
Click on the cane.
It doesn't clear it up for me, Herman. Do you want it a federal law banning it all those cases? If so, should the women who have abortions be subject to it or just the abortionist? Do you even want Roe V. Wade overturned?
I'm confident that you are a yes on the last point, but your answers seem to indicate that you don't understand the debate.
If Perry goes away, I think you are going to be gutted, skinned and nailed to the barn door by the establishment in less than 999 seconds.
"As to my political policy view on abortion, I am 100% pro-life. End of story.""I will appoint judges who understand the original intent of the Constitution. Judges who are committed to the rule of law know that the Constitution contains no right to take the life of unborn children."
"I will oppose government funding of abortion. I will veto any legislation that contains funds for Planned Parenthood. I will do everything that a President can do, consistent with his constitutional role, to advance the culture of life."
Herman Cain