Yes, the timing is important. Way back then, most people hadn't thought about abortion, one way or another. They hadn't given the issue any serious consideration, or really looked into the pros and cons.
Romney, on the other hand, converted from pro-life to pro-abort while he was Governor of Massachusetts. By that time, the issue was perfectly clear, and everyone had heard the arguments from both sides.
Now he's converting back to pro-life? That might make sense if he had had a religious conversion, but there are no signs of that. He has been an LDS leader all his life, top of the heap.
The same difference applies to Ronald Reagan. When he signed off on the bill in California, he really hadn't considered the issues. But his advisers clued him in, later, and when he ran for President he HAD experienced a genuine conversion.
That seemed obvious enough to me at the time, so I gladly voted for him. But it is FAR from obvious with Mitt Romney. Somehow, he always announces these changes when it is politically convenient, although by now he is fully aware of what the issues are.
Romney, on the other hand, converted from pro-life to pro-abort while he was Governor of Massachusetts.
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No
Willard was always pro-abortion...
he ran for Gov of MASS in 2002 as pro-abortion...argued during a debate he was the most pro-abortion...wanted judges to allow underage girls to get abortions if their parents said no...
He was pro-abortion when he and Ann were giving money to Planned Parenthood...
he was pro-abortion back in 1994...ran to the left of Teddy as more pro-abortion than he was...
In 1980 He was a liberal pro-abortion Independant or Democrat and never met Reagan or voted for him...
and as Ann said they had no Republican friends nor knew anyone who was republican till 1994...
he agreed with his mother on her pro-abortion platform in 1970...
He wanted abortion to be safe and legal when his aunt died durinbg an abortion in the early 1960s...
Lifelong pro-abortion...
Romney, on the other hand, converted from pro-life to pro-abort while he was Governor of Massachusetts.
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No
Willard was always pro-abortion...
he ran for Gov of MASS in 2002 as pro-abortion...argued during a debate he was the most pro-abortion...wanted judges to allow underage girls to get abortions if their parents said no...
He was pro-abortion when he and Ann were giving money to Planned Parenthood...
he was pro-abortion back in 1994...ran to the left of Teddy as more pro-abortion than he was...
In 1980 He was a liberal pro-abortion Independant or Democrat and never met Reagan or voted for him...
and as Ann said they had no Republican friends nor knew anyone who was republican till 1994...
he agreed with his mother on her pro-abortion platform in 1970...
He wanted abortion to be safe and legal when his aunt died durinbg an abortion in the early 1960s...
Lifelong pro-abortion...