"Eight years ago when I became Gov. I found myself involved almost immediately in a controversy over abortion. It was a subject I'd never given much thought to and one upon which I didn't really have an opinion."
"I did more studying & soul searching then on any thing that was to face me as Gov".
"I know there will be disagreement with this view but I can find no evidence whatsoever that a fetus is not a living human being with human rights."
Reagan was firmly in the prolife camp and adamantly opposed to most abortions by 1968. The 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act that Reagan signed into law did not grant abortions on demand. It was specific to the exceptions of substantial risk that would gravely impair the physical or mental health of the woman, along with rape and incest. It was advertised as a compassionate law that would be used to deal with the diffcult abortion cases. By the way, that law was overturned in 1972 by the California Supreme Court.
More than likely you pulled that Reagan remark from one of my posts. Otherwise, tell us what page it's from?
Reagan was never pro-choice and at no time did he favor abortion on demand, personally or as a matter of public policy. He reluctantly signed a bill that relaxed an outright ban on abortions. He said he signed it out of sympathy for the victims of rape, incest and for those women who may be facing serious health risks. Reagan did not sign it out of political expediency and it didn't take Reagan 30 years to become pro-life.
Mitt Romney has a record of 30+ years in support of abortion on demand and Roe V Wade. Stop lying!
I have never seen so many people fight against someone so hard that has converted, has acted on that conversion and now repeatedly asserts that he wants to be on our side. It truly is bordering on.....crazy.