From here:
Romney sometimes compares his pro-life conversion to that of President Ronald Reagan. It’s not a perfect comparison, but there are some remarkable similarities. Like Romney, Reagan was the Republican governor of a pro-choice state who faced the prospect of enacting a law that would lead to the destruction of innocent human life.
Just a few months into his term as governor of California in 1967, Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act, which permitted abortion when the mental or physical health of the mother was endangered or when statutory rape had occurred.
It was a liberal law, especially for that time, and the mental and physical health exceptions became loopholes that led to a surge in California’s abortion rate. But the law’s effects also led to a change in Reagan. As Dinesh D’Souza wrote in “Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader”:
“[Reagan’s] subsequent private correspondence shows he was genuinely shocked by the magnitude of abortions under the new law. His subsequent correspondence suggests that he was intensely grieved by this outcome. Edwin Meese, a senior aide, told me that Reagan’s regrets over his role in promoting abortion on demand in California may have intensified his pro-life convictions and led him, as a presidential candidate, to support measures like the human life amendment, which would establish a blanket prohibition on abortion.”
Like Reagan, Romney is a contrite convert, referring to his past support for Roe as his life’s “defining mistake.” When challenged about his previous support for abortion in a Republican debate in December, he said “I changed my mind…I’m firmly pro-life…sometimes I’m wrong.”
Mitt Romney displays humility and gratitude in discussing his evolution on abortion. Skeptical pro-lifers should do the same in embracing him.
Former presidential candidate Gary Bauer is president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, and served for 8 years in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, including a stint as Reagan’s domestic policy adviser.
Reagan never converted, or needed to convert, Reagan was never pro-abortion.
Mitt Romney was 20 years old in 1967, he says that he had already been pro-abortion for 4 years, in 1973 Roe v Wade happened, Romney was pro-abortion, 1980, the abortion wars really kicked in, America elected social conservative hero, Ronald Reagan, Romney was still pro-abortion, 1984, Romney still pro-abortion, 1988, 1992,1994,1996,2000,2004, Romney is still pro-abortion.
During those years, Romney financially supported, campaigned for, and fund raised for pro-abortion democrats over republicans (SEE POST 299),
How do you equate this with a pro-life social conservative’s rookie mistake in 1967, when we had never even heard of “pro-life”, and Pro-choice” ?
Actually, we have many quotes where Mitt Romney and/or his wife, denies having ever been pro-abortion, of course we have a few where he admits that he was, that isn't "contrite".
This is Mitt Romney raising money for abortions, bringing his name to a Planned parenthood fund raiser.
Mittler displays no genuine humility and no genuine gratitude as to the abortion issue. He is a stone liar as evidenced by the last paragraph's chronological time line. He is, as ever, Governor Etch-a-Sketch. The GOP-e noise machine lies on his behalf. His history is his history. It is not pretty. Serious actual pro-lifers do not care to be lied to by card-carrying members of the GOP's ruling class of liars like Myth Romney.
If your post references remarks by Gary Bauer, Bauer should be ashamed of himself.