He said in that first 20 seconds that he doesn’t think the Government should make that decision when Stossel asked “Any cases when it should be illegal?
You're giving false information.
Stossel asked Cain, "are there any cases where abortion should be LEGAL?".
Cain's answer was that the government should not make that decision..."that decision" meaning a decision to MAKE IT LEGAL.
And there should be no confusion what so ever after he said, "abortion should be illegal".
You are spreading false information.
I did mistype the word, it should read “legal.”
However, the same principle holds: the government does make the decision whether an action is legal or illegal. He’s not saying that the government shouldn’t make abortion legal. He’s clearly saying the government shouldn’t make “that decision” about “cases when it should be legal.” Then, “That’s her choice, that is not government’s choice.” In the Fox interview, he said “you don’t know what they’re going to do in the heat of the moment.”
And then today, he said he would make no exceptions, even for the health of the mother. First, he should have interjected an exception for the life of the mother and second, there are are true “health of the mother” exceptions, also.
The interviewers are clearly confused about his meaning, as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WELkanHrSqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyeAsWV9HEc
I believe he’s pro-life, he’s just been using the wrong arguments in his statements. The phrases he uses have concrete meanings, no less than other legal or medical terms.
And then today, he said he would make no exceptions, even for the health of the mother. First, he should have interjected an exception for the life of the mother and second, he should have said that there are exceptions for a true danger to the “health of the mother.”
We’ve just got to get him the information about how to phrase the argument so that he is clear and so that his words won’t be used against him (and the rest of us in our efforts to win a sonogram or fetal pain law or to end those exceptions for rape and incest) by the opposition.