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When Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani came to the home county of Terri Schiavo last month, he said he supported the controversial effort by Congress to intervene to keep the severely brain-damaged woman alive. But now it's not so clear where he stands on the Schiavo case. In a televised presidential debate Thursday night, Giuliani suggested the Schiavo controversy should have been left to the courts. "The family was in dispute. That's what we have courts for. And the better place to decide that in a much more, I think in a much fairer and even in a deeper way,...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Rudy Giuliani got tangled up in the hot-button issue of abortion last night, saying in the first GOP presidential debate it would be "okay" if a woman's right to abortion were overturned - then made several attempts to explain himself. Giuliani, who was staunchly pro-choice during his eight years as mayor, seemed surprised when asked about the possibility of repealing the 1973 Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision that protects a woman's right to choose abortion. "It would be okay to repeal," Giuliani said, then quickly added, "Or it would be okay also if a strict...