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To: Peach
Roe v Wade changed the thinking of a lot of Americans on the abortion issue.

At the the time the SCOTUS ruled Roe v Wade the law of the land, Mitt Romney favored abortion rights and said so. Romney continued being pro-abortion until 2004-2005 timeframe. When he decided to become pro-life for purposes of political expediency. Romney is not a principled conservative on the abortion issue. So voting for Romney remains a big question mark in my mind.

Ronald Reagan did no such thing. Reagan never supported abortion on demand and never changed his position. He remained a strong pro-lifer, with exceptions for rape, incest and to save the health/life of the mother. Reagan did regret signing the liberal 1967 California abortion rights act, which specifically centered around the three exceptions. Reagan was concerned that doctors would find a way to get around the law, and they did. And they still are. Most pro-lifers today support the three exceptions as legitimate in the overall context of abortion ethics. Reagan's decision was based on his principled conservatism. Not on political expedency.

9 posted on 01/22/2007 9:20:38 AM PST by Reagan Man (Conservatives don't vote for liberals.)
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To: Reagan Man

How the hell do you know that Mitt Romney became pro life for political expediency? Oh, that's right, you don't.

I could say the exact same thing about Ronald Reagan. You couldn't be more transparent if you tried.


10 posted on 01/22/2007 9:22:24 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: Reagan Man
He remained a strong pro-lifer, with exceptions for rape, incest and to save the health/life of the mother. Reagan did regret signing the liberal 1967 California abortion rights act, which specifically centered around the three exceptions.

I don't get it. Why is the 1967 California Abortion Rights Act 'liberal' because it had those three exceptions, but Reagan is a 'strong pro-lifer' when he says that abortion should only be allowed in those cases.
14 posted on 01/22/2007 9:35:53 AM PST by LtdGovt ("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
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