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Posted on 08/10/2011 5:37:31 PM PDT by LonelyCon
His young relative died tragically in an illegal abortion in 1963: Her untold story -- and what it means for Romney
In a 1994 Senate debate with Ted Kennedy, Mitt Romney revealed a startling chapter from his past: A close relative had died many years earlier in a botched illegal abortion, shaping Romney's stance in favor of safe and legal access to abortion for all women. But in the many years since that revelation, even as Romney flipped his position and became an ardent opponent of legal abortion, the details of his young relative's story, including even her name, have never been reported.
The relative he was referring to back in '94, Salon has learned, was a Detroit woman named Ann Keenan. She was the sister of Romney's brother-in-law and died at the age of 21 in 1963, a full decade before Roe v. Wade. While much of what happened remains murky, an investigation by Salon has uncovered never-reported details about her life and death, including: how she died (an infection); that her grief-stricken parents asked for memorial donations to be made to Planned Parenthood; and that the family apparently wanted to keep the death quiet because Romney's politically ambitious father, George, was then governor of Michigan.
...The episode is a window into an era when obtaining an abortion meant the real risk of serious injury or death. It also represents a key part of Romney's political journey on the issue of abortion, which has more than any other tarred him as a flip-flopper.
...The candidate himself said, "I hadn't thought much about" abortion until the relative's death, but that it "obviously makes one see that regardless of one's beliefs about choice, that you would hope it would be safe and legal."
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It’s like the “battered wives on Superbowl Sunday” lie. The refutation gets buried and most continue to believe.
Actually, if Mittens was elected he’d just be Onada Lite.
It’s not clear to me that Romney has a mind of his own. He’s made some really stupid statements in the past three months when speaking in front of crowds. That is to say, before his handlers had a chance to vet what he says.
I believe Romney is a pretty RINO (nee demrat) face Marxists have latched on to to further their agenda. His Marxist handlers came up with Romneycare—along with his other Marxist positions like pro abortion, big government etc.
As we post Onada’s propaganda organs are playing on the theme that Onada is trying to “kill” Romney early because he thinks he will be his most dangerous opponent. That’s crap. What they’re trying to do is convince enough GOP voters to support him as their candidate. The beauty of it all is that even if Onada loses the Marxists still win.
Onada’s most dangerous opponent will be Palin or Bachmann. I don’t see the Perry blitz being anything more than a flash in the pan. According to Texans, Perry is now talking “conservative” but he’s actual policies tend to the left. Based on that, I believe Perry changed parties as part of the Demrat’s successful effort to co-opt the GOP. It is no longer an opposition party to the Demrats. It is an arm of the demrat party.
Unless something really surprising happens I do not see the demrats handing the GOP back to conservatives. Palin or Bachmann will have to run on Conservative or Independent ballot lines.
Great facts!
FWIW, I recall reading that women who have had an abortion have a higher incidence of breast cancer.
He should have come out for better treatment of infection, which we do have these days.
nominating Mitt would guarantee a second term for ObamaThat's why the media is working so hard -- day and night -- to convince us that Mitt's Our Man.
I will not vote for Mitt Romney. Ever. For anything.
To make matters worse, the Komen Foundation regularly donates large sums of money to Planned Parenthood. Komen CLAIMS that this money is to provide mammogram; however, the FACT is that no Planned Parenthood clinic has ever performed a single mammogram and they don't have the machines to do it.
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Bernard Nathanson stopped doing abortions in 1979 & became an enormous pro-life activist. In 1996, he became a Catholic. He never forgave himself for uncaging the abortion monster in the U.S.
I pray that God has mercy on his soul. This man was truly sorry for what he had done. It’s my hope all abortionists experience the same conversion.
I would be more inclined to say that Bernard Nathanson was the Saul of Tarsus of abortion.
Screw Romney, the horse he rode in on, his saddle maker, his boot maker, the stable hand that feeds his horse, and the syphilitic saloon girl he visits when no one is around to catch him at it.
Another typical liberal lie! It was the use of antibiotics, BEFORE Roe vs. Wade, that caused the drop in death rate.
Exactly.
I COULD NOT vote for mcStain,
and I WILL NEVER vote for Mittens!
The ultimate flip-flopper.
Worse than Kerry even.
Can we have a swift vet group for Romney?
**donations to be made to Planned Parenthood;^^
Is this the REAL Romney?
romney care and pro-abortion, I think he is finished..btw, what is his real first name?
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