Obama attacks Romney on abortion stance, campaign calls new ad false

Fox News ^ | July 7, 2012

[NYer]

The Obama campaign began airing a TV ad Saturday in key election states attacking Mitt Romney for his stances on abortion and Planned Parenthood that was immediately rebuked by the Romney campaign as “viciously” negative and false.

The 30-second spot titled “Troubled” is airing in Virginia and seven other swing states.

“Every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health-care should be our own is troubled Mitt Romney supports overturning Roe v. Wade,” says a female voice at the beginning of the ad. “Romney backed a law that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.”;

Romney, though, has not taken that position publicly.

In response, the Romney campaign pointed to Romney’s op-ed last year in the National Review titled “My Pro-Life Pledge” in which he said abortion should be “limited to only instances of rape, incest or to save the life of a mother.”

The campaign also argued the ad began airing the day after a U.S. unemployment report that showed the jobless rate remains at 8.2 percent.

“It’s no coincidence that a day after a disastrous jobs report, the Obama campaign drops viciously negative and false ads against Gov. Romney desperate to change the subject,” spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg told FoxNews.com. “The economy has gone negative on President Obama, so he has decided to go negative on Mitt Romney.”

The ad also includes a video clip of Romney in which the GOP presidential candidate appears to imply he will get rid of Planned Parenthood, which the ad states provides “life-saving cancer screenings.”

Romney made clear after making the statement in March that if elected he would cut federal funding to, but not eliminate Amtrak and National Endowment for the Arts to reduce the federal debt.

[Norm Lenhart]

And as we get closer to the election, the attacks from the Dems will increase, laying bare, and with full mainstream media backing, all his issues. It may well be the first honest thing the MSM and DNC has done in 50 years, but it will kill the Republican party.

This is just the beginning of the nightmare Jim. And it makes every Republican look like a total idiot. Unfortunately it makes the rest of us look every bit as stupid, even though conservatives didn’t want him to begin with. That’s the one little detail the MSM will leave out in their assault.

But I guess there will still be plenty of rocket surgeons running around FR slamming you, me and everyone else sticking to what we believe in, rather than joining them in their suicide.

[Jim Robinson]

Wouldn’t be so hard to understand if you were truly a pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitutionally limited government conservative FIRST rather than a True Blue my party right or wrong any big tent RINO/Statist will do Republican.

[bboop]

“Every citizen should be free to decide on his own whether to (own a slave) (have an abortion) (commit a heinous crime) (fill in the blank).”

[Leep]

Cat fight!

[JoSixChip]

"This is just the beginning of the nightmare Jim. And it makes every Republican look like a total idiot."

Doesn't it make you the least uncomfortable that you are in lockstep agreement with the msm and the dnc?

[rogue yam]

Jim, again you post something to me that really makes no sense and relies on personal attacks rather than facts and reason.

Romney is running on the platform that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and that he will appoint the kind of originalist justices who will agree with him on this.

Obama’s stated position on Roe v. Wade is precisely the opposite of Romney’s, and Obama’s record of federal judicial appointments shows that he means exactly what he says.

It is a plain fact that Romney’s stated policy on Roe v. Wade differs from Obama’s. No amount of nonsense posted by you or anyone else changes that one whit.

So the issue then becomes, how much will a Pres. Romney follow through on his currently-stated anti-Roe position? You and the other anti-Romneys say “not at all”.

Well, fine. That is your estimation and obviously you are entitled to it.

As I have said before, I expect Romney to follow through on his anti-Roe position to some degree greater than not at all. Thus I expect a Romney Presidency to be more pro-life than an Obama second term.

Believing this does not make me a “True Blue my party right or wrong any big tent RINO/Statist will do Republican” or any other silly, nonsensical labels.

What it makes me is a pro-life conservative who happens to think that Obama’s defeat would be better for the pro-life cause than would his re-election.

[Norm Lenhart]

What makes me more than a little ‘uncomfortable’ is that anyone on this site would rather America were fed a lie.

Do you feel it’s acceptable that Mitt Romney’s record remain off the record and off limits? I don’t remember people on FR screaming that Obama’s records should be kept private. Nor do I remember anyone on FR thinking that campaigning/voting for anyone under false pretenses was a good idea.

Until Mitt came along. Suddenly it’s all the rage. I guess some people don’t think it matters as long as it’s ‘our’ liberal getting elected.

[GloriaJane]

[JoSixChip]

"What makes me more than a little ‘uncomfortable’ is that anyone on this site would rather America were fed a lie."

Right, because those of us who don't agree with you, JR, msm and the dnc just lack your superior intellect. You might better serve your cause by getting behind a Congressional race, rather then continue to whine about a battle you have already lost.

[Norm Lenhart]

I haven’t lost anything. I still have my integrity. That’s something an ABO cannot say.

Oh, they say it. But it’s as meaningless as them claiming that a conservative can vote for a lib without abandoning what he believes in. Unless they believe in liberalism to begin with. Thus they aren’t conservative to begin with.

But feel free to campaign and support a man who carers to the abortion and homosexual groups. It’s not my conscience or soul to throw away. It’s yours. Be my guest.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer.

[MCSP2008]

Salve

I have one question, only one and it is yes or no answer. None of (maybe, well, sure, should be, could be, nonetheless, furthermore, in coherence of, therefore and more)

If woman gets pregnant of her lust with man who she needs to enjoy her moment of pleasure, and decides to murder a child, and politicians, system, laws, majority of woman screaming is my body (while they decide faith of other body inside her), groups, doctors, nurses, media and more – is this not a murder of first degree?

Before I will continue this conversation I would like answer Yes or No?

Merci.

[Norm Lenhart]

Good luck getting him to answer honestly..

I’ll let his words to a simple question do the talking
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2902450/posts?page=239#239

BTW, the question was ‘How and a conservative vote for a liberal without abandoning his conservative beliefs?”

He’s been lying across several threads claiming the above answered the question, had been called on it by others, and pushes right ahead with the lie.

[Jim Robinson]

Yeah, he’s running on a platform, but it’s all a lie. Look at his fricken abortionist/homosexualist record!! You can’t just sweep that crap away!! Sheesh!!

Well, maybe those with big blue blinders can.

[MCSP2008]

Salve

I will wait, before moving to full conversation.

Decisions are in your hands, all I can do is pray.

Merci.

[netmilsmom]

>>No exceptions?<<

Even life of the mother if the baby is going to die anyway?
Tubal pregnancy?

I’m not talking “mental health” crap. Or PIH that can be overcome with a stay in the hospital until the baby is viable. I’m talking real “life of the mother” issues like a tubal pregnancy. Is that something you would not allow?

[rogue yam]

I don’t really understand your question.

This is probably because of the language barrier.

I don’t speak Romanian, although I have been to Romania and liked it very much.

I believe that abortion is immoral. The only time that abortion is not immoral is when it is medically necessary to save the life of the mother. Genuine cases such as this are exceedingly rare.

Also, I believe that Roe v. Wade (the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned all state laws outlawing abortion) was wrongly decided and should itself be overturned.

[Bikkuri]

[TheBattman]

OK - so make an exception for that one specific condition... that automatically becomes "for the health of the mother", which is right back into the great big lie. Where do or can you draw the line? Truth be told, ectopic pregnancies are not necessarily the death sentence so many make it out to be. STATISTICS Currently, up to 1 of every 50-60 pregnancies is estimated to be ectopic.*** Over 100,000 ectopic pregnancies were reported in the US in 1992. 1 out of 2000 ectopic pregnancies ended in the death of the mother for the 1970′s and 1980′s. The mortality rate has fallen even lower in recent years due to advances in medical care. Recent estimates put it at ~3 in 10,000. At least 14 studies have documented that 68 to 77 percent of ectopic pregnancies resolve without intervention (American Academy of Family Physicians). Tubal rupture occurs in approximately 20% of cases. The statistics seem to indicate that this is the number of women whose initial symptom is tubal rupture, i.e. they receive no treatment at all prior to rupture. Studies indicate that another 10-30% may experience rupture while under medical care. Contrary to popular belief, death from rupture is rare where medical attention is available. In the US, 25-50 women die from ectopic pregnancy each year out of about 100,000 reported cases.

[Republican Wildcat]

the Obama campaign isn’t just airing these regular run of air in the battleground states, but also on cable networks nationwide including Lifetime, TV Land, etc...all without a response from Romney. The Romney campaign apparently has a cash advantage - it is time they started using it. This “holding the money” strategy is not going to work if he has already been successfully redefined by Obama even if he has a huge advantage as far as cash in the final stretch...he will have already lost.