Huh?? Gov. Reagan signed legalized abortion bill before Roe vs. Wade?

[CatWoman]

June 6, 2004 (apj.us) -- It would be easy to spend my time this weekend making snide (but funny) remarks at Ronald Reagan's expense. However, I am not the person to do it. Not today.

Something about Ronald Reagan that women should be aware of is that as Governor he signed the bill legalizing abortion in the state of California BEFORE the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade.

You won't hear the Republicans talking about that little factoid, but it's something I won't forget.

Nor should it be overlooked that Nancy Reagan for some time has been vigorously supporting stem cell research, to the great dismay of the right wing whackoes.

About five years ago my father-in-law, a devout Michigan Republican, came to California for a visit. I live in Ventura County, California, about fifteen miles from the Reagan Museum. Dad did not drive in California, but he was determined to visit the museum, which meant that I would have to take him. As a Clinton Democrat, I could think of several things I would have preferred to do, including catching my eyelid on a rusty nail. However, I gritted my teeth and went, after muttering darkly and at length to my husband that he owed me big and bemoaning my noble sacrifice in the name of family.

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[MikeG]

1. Pay no attention to that!! - You must hate 'murrica!!

[CatWoman]

2. Moran!!!!

[MikeG]

4. Didn't that moran guy have a mullet and a Cardinals t-shirt?

I think this picture has been photoshopped by some evildoer.

[Leilani]

3. The Fundies simply ignore Reagan s position on abortion in Ca.

It does not fit their profile.

[genius]

5. Reagan made opposition to Roe v. Wade a litmus test for nominees

not because that was where he was at but because that was where his backers were at. At one point, upset over public reaction to the nominees, Nancy vented some outrage at his backers by saying something like "The heck with the right-to-lifers." Reagan claimed to be anti-choice but, there was not much going on upstairs when he was President

[Piperay]

6. Ronnie's daughter Maureen

was very pro-choice, she likely influenced him.