Seems like the Republican field is crowded with abortion flip floppers seeking to dupe the religious rightwingers yet again.
Romney should be hit with this everywhere he goes.
From BlueMassGroup:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3351Let's take another look at Romney's "evolution," shall we?
1994: Mitt Romney is running against Ted Kennedy for US Senate. Here's what he said then:
I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain it and support it.
2002: Mitt Romney is running for Governor in Massachusetts. Here's what he said at that time:
Believing in people is protecting their freedom to make their own life choices, even if their choice is different from yours. Accordingly, I respect and will fully protect a woman's right to choose. That right is a deeply personal one, and the women of our state should make it based on their beliefs, not mine and not the government's....
The truth is there is no candidate in this race who would deny the women of our state abortion rights.
He also said that "I believe women should have the right to make their own choice."
2006: Mitt Romney is running for President (not officially, but come on). Here's his position now:
I am prolife. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother.
In that same op-ed, Romney equated "life" with "conception." And he went further, stating not only his personal views on abortion, but also stating (though not in so many words) that Roe v. Wade should be overruled:
I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate.
And he even said he would have signed South Dakota's outrageous law, which would ban abortion except to save the mother's life (no exception for rape, incest, or the mother's health).