[JohnnyZ]

The DoH and Catholic Conference gave their opinions, and Governor Romney, with a law degree of his own, chose to follow the counsel of his attorney, a real one.

You're ignoring the facts and the timing.

Romney supported exempting the Catholic hospitals until he was criticized for it by his Lt Gov and the Boston Globe.

Only after the criticism did Romney come up with a legal opinion reversing his earlier promise.

Facing opposition from women, the Democratic Party and even his own running mate, Gov. Mitt Romney abandoned plans yesterday to exempt religious and other private hospitals from a new law requiring them to dispense emergency contraception to rape victims.

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Despite defending the Health Department regulations as late as Wednesday, Romney opened a news conference yesterday by declaring that a fresh analysis by his legal counsel concluded the new law supersedes the old law, and that all hospitals must be required to offer the so-called morning-after pill.

[TChris]

You're ignoring the facts and the timing.

I'm not ignoring anything.

Do you think it would have been wiser for Governor Romney to fight with the overwhelmingly Democrat state legislature, his Lt. Gov and a big chunk of his constituency? It's a fight he knew he could never win.

I know you Mitt-bashers want to blame every bad thing that happened during his watch onto him, but there are honestly things a Republican governor in Massachusetts just can't change.

If anything, your post proves that Mitt was pro-life at that point! Your own quote shows that he wanted to exempt the Catholic hospitals. Then, a huge wave of opposition put a screeching halt to his position. That, combined with the opinion of his attorney that the law wouldn't allow it either, meant that Mitt would have been foolish to waste time and energy on a sure loser, and would have been supporting the violation of a law created by a liberal legislature.