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Manchester, NH (LifeNews.com) -- While the rest of the Republican field attempts to outmaneuver one another and gain position as the most pro-life candidate, Rudy Giuliani continues to defend his pro-abortion stance. The former New York mayor continued his theme of promoting adoption over abortion at a New Hampshire campaign stop. "I believe we should reduce abortion and increase adoption," Giuliani said, in an attempt to soften his strident pro-abortion stance. The he went on to say why abortion should remain legal. "But in a society in which we don‘t want government running people‘s lives," he said. "We should keep...

Rudy's Abortion Deal-Breaker By Doug Bandow Perhaps it is inevitable that a man who became a national icon also ended up politically tone deaf. He began to believe his press clipplings, sycophants surrounded him, drowning out any criticism, and the rush of White House staff wannabees left him convinced that the bandwagon could not run off-course. Rudy Giuliani obviously doesn't get it, but his support for taxpayer-paid abortions could --and certainly should--prove to be the deal- breaker for pro-life conservatives. Until now, at least, Giuliani had posed the most serious political challenge yet for social conservatives. He possessed the aura...

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani tonight joined the members of the National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League of New York State (NARAL/NY) for the group's 16th Annual Gala Awards Reception at B. Smith's Restaurant in Manhattan. This year's awards were presented to Wendy Mackenzie, for her work in several pro-choice organizations; Department of Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg for promoting a policy that reproductive healthcare must be viewed as part of the overall scope of healthcare; Christy Haubegger, founder of the bilingual magazine Latina, which tackles issues like abortion and birth control; and Claudia Crown Ades, who underwent an abortion in...

Fred Thompson in 1994: Let The Woman Decide - Monday, April 09, 2007 @ 3:06:23 PM   During his first run for the U.S. Senate, Fred Thompson said in an interview to a libertarian Republican newsletter that the ultimate decision to have an abortion "must be made by the woman." The comments were made in the July/August issue of Republican Liberty, the official newsletter of the Republican Liberty Caucus. In the interview, Thompson was asked: "Some conservatives got flustered by your comments on abortion and Roe vs. Wade. Would you like to explain your position on abortion?" Thompson answered: "Government...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rudy Giuliani's message to social conservatives: If you don't like my views, don't vote for me.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to campaign Thursday in South Carolina and questions about abortion may follow him to all three stops. The presidential campaign visits come not long after a CNN interview where Giuliani said he personally opposes abortion, but supports public funding of abortion of poor women as long as it is law, defending a speech he made in 1989. While Republicans in South Carolina may oppose abortion by degrees -- for instance allowing abortions in certain circumstances, such as a mother's health, rape or incest -- there's little room on public financing, said Oran...

Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose 1989 campaign for mayor at times became bogged down in questions about his commitment to abortion rights, sought yesterday to remove the issue from his 1993 campaign by emphatically endorsing a woman's right to choose abortion without limitations. Mr. Giuliani, the Republican-Liberal candidate, made his statement at a breakfast meeting organized by his wife, Donna Hanover Giuliani, who as a television news anchor was always Donna Hanover but like another political wife is now asking for an appellation evolution. Mr. Giuliani, who is challenging Mayor David N. Dinkins, a longtime supporter of abortion rights, addressed more...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN Wednesday he supports public funding for some abortions, a position he advocated as mayor and one that will likely put the GOP presidential candidate at odds with social conservatives in his party. "Ultimately, it's a constitutional right, and therefore if it's a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected," Giuliani said in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash in Florida's capital city. - Giuliani also vowed to appoint conservative judges to the...

Sorry, no full transcript available for this. However, I pulled out a few quotes on abortion and his belief in being a "strict constructionist" that are relevant. In the beginning of the interview: "I would appoint judges who are strict constructionists, because that's my view of the constitution and how it has to be interpreted." When asked about abortion, his response includes this gem: "My view of the constitution is that you have to leave that ultimate choice to a person." Then he reiterates his promise on judges: "I would appoint judges who are strict constructionists who would try to...