Posted on 12/19/2007 2:21:10 PM PST by wastedpotential
Mitt Romney, who has taken hits from his Republican presidential rivals for his change of heart on abortion, had to explain earlier this year a donation that his wife made to Planned Parenthood. Now, his campaign is trying to explain a photo, sent to several news organizations today, that shows him at a fund-raiser for the abortion provider. Nicki Nichols Gamble, a former president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, said today that the photo shows Mitt and Ann Romney at a private home in Cohasset in June 1994. At the time, Romney was hoping to unseat US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and eager to show his support for abortion rights, said Gamble, who is pictured in the photo with her back to the camera. The photo "demonstrates again, and it's already been demonstrated, that Mitt Romney has changed his mind about whether he is pro-choice or anti-choice more than once, and that he seems to change his mind based on the practicality of the political situation," Gamble said in a telephone interview today. "In 1994, he was in a very tightly contested race with Ted Kennedy, who is pro-choice, and he seemed to embrace the pro-choice cause. Romney's campaign acknowledged in May that Ann made a $150 contribution to Planned Parenthood in 1994, but his spokesman Kevin Madden said at the time, "Since it was so long ago, Ann has no information of the circumstances." Romney has said he changed his mind about abortion starting in 2004 after talking to scientists about stem cell research. Romney dismissed any significance of the photo. "I attend a lot of events when I run for office. I don't recall the specific event," Romney said while campaigning today in South Carolina,
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Under Romneys Massachusetts health care plan people have access to abortions for a co-pay of $50. Romney vetoed the expansion of dental benefits to Medicaid recipients, but did not veto the abortion co-pay. He signed that into law! If he didn't want the anti-life part in there, he had a choice to veto this bill!
The word for the day is LIAR. def. Mitt Romney is a teller of un-truths, liar.
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