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Cain: I'm "pro-life from conception, period"
See BS ^ | October 30, 2011 | Lucy Madison

Posted on 10/30/2011 10:08:40 AM PDT by markomalley

Herman Cain again attempted to clarify his position on abortion Sunday, declaring on CBS' "Face the Nation" that "I am pro-life from conception, period" - and that he does not support exceptions even for victims of rape and incest.

"I am pro-life from conception, period. If people look at many speeches that I have given over the years, that has and will still be my position," Cain told CBS' Bob Schieffer.

Cain's position on abortion has been questioned in recent weeks, after the candidate suggested in an interview on CNN that decisions about abortion should be left to families, not the government.

"What I'm saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make," Cain said in that interview. "Not me as president, not some politician, not a bureaucrat. It gets down to that family. And whatever they decide, they decide. I shouldn't have to tell them what decision to make for such a sensitive issue."

Cain has since maintained his pro-life stance on abortion, but many have said his comments seem to indicate otherwise.

Cain said today that the CNN interview was "taken totally out of context" and suggested that his comments were misrepresentative of his actual beliefs.

"So in other words you don't... would not even believe in abortion if rape, incest or the health of the mother was involved?" asked Schieffer.

"Yes, that's my position," he said. "Thanks for having me clear that up."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; cain; hermancain; moralabsolutes; prolife
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1 posted on 10/30/2011 10:08:46 AM PDT by markomalley
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2 posted on 10/30/2011 10:14:31 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: markomalley
"What I'm saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make,"

If abortion is outlawed and a woman decides to go to a back alley for her abortion, Cain is absolutely correct. That is HER decision.

Perhaps if back alley abortions came back, there would be fewer abortions and A LOT more women keeping their legs closed.

3 posted on 10/30/2011 10:17:31 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (Stay involved..because stupid people are running America! - Herman Cain - Amen!!!)
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To: markomalley
"What I'm saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make,"

That particular statement was about ADOPTION.

4 posted on 10/30/2011 10:24:21 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: NoGrayZone

He also did very well ti cite Margaret Sanger who founded Planned Parenthood on the basis of eugenics. Cain was more direct and I’m hoping that every liberal black person was watching and goes out to check it for themselves.

Cain has the focus of the media to be able to now tear down the Wizard’s curtain, forever.


5 posted on 10/30/2011 10:29:28 AM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: markomalley
"Herman Cain again attempted to clarify his position"

This template is the media strategy for Cain: "Once again, Cain is attempting to clarify and reverse a prior statement." In reality, he was consistent from the start.

6 posted on 10/30/2011 10:30:27 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: mazda77

Yes he did. Margaret’s main focus was to eliminate the black race.

Remember that gigantic ad in NYC they were forced to take down....”The most dangerous place for a black baby is in it’s mothers womb”.

How true.


7 posted on 10/30/2011 10:34:27 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (Stay involved..because stupid people are running America! - Herman Cain - Amen!!!)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
Cain: I'm "pro-life from conception, period"

How much more "clarification" is needed for goodness sakes!

8 posted on 10/30/2011 10:36:40 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (Stay involved..because stupid people are running America! - Herman Cain - Amen!!!)
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To: markomalley

Why is there never debate on the issue of Abstinence?

When I was growing up, you didn’t have sex until you were married. I have no idea what the numbers are on abortion 40 years ago vs. now. But I do know that NO ONE talks about NOT HAVING SEX in the first place.

All everyone talks about is what happens after two people, who have absolutely not planned to have a child together, end up with the female pregnant. And by “end up with the female being pregnant,” I mean having sex for the sake of sex, not for the sake of making love in a committed relationship with the intent of creating a family.

We have focused so much on the abortion argument that we have absolutely lost sight of the bigger issue: The morality of rampant sex, particularly in younger people.

To me, talking about abortion (while a completely worthwhile topic) is the finger in the dam. How about we repair the dam by preventing the pregnancies in the first place? How about we get back to a more moral base and encourage our children to abstain from sex until they are (a) mature enough to handle it, (b) married, and (c) able to plan for a pregnancy, rather than having an “oops” pregnancy.

Sigh.


9 posted on 10/30/2011 10:50:42 AM PDT by BagCamAddict (Order 15 Herman Cain Yard Signs for $130: https://store.hermancain.com/orderform.asp?pid=20)
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10 posted on 10/30/2011 10:53:37 AM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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11 posted on 10/30/2011 11:00:39 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: markomalley

’ “So in other words you don’t... would not even believe in abortion if rape, incest or the health of the mother was involved?” asked Schieffer.
“Yes, that’s my position,” he said. “

In 2004 , Cain supported an exception if the life of the mother was threatened.

In 1998 , he supported multiple exceptions.
Interview with his trade group magazine, The National Restaurant News ;

“Too many people in the electorate are single-issue voters,” he commented, “and to try and cater to the single-issue voters
and the single-issue pockets out there felt like
I was compromising my beliefs.
As an example, with the pro-life and pro-abortion debate,
the most vocal people are on the ends.
I am pro-life with exceptions,
and people want you to be all or nothing.”

He added, “I am not a social-issue crusader.
I am a free-enterprise crusader.”


12 posted on 10/30/2011 11:16:56 AM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: All; markomalley
Rick Santorum is exploiting this abortion confusion to the hilt in a new attack ad on Cain.
13 posted on 10/30/2011 11:21:42 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelected Obama.)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

Without easily verifiable sources, the progression you claim for Cain’s view is one that is increasingly pro-life.


14 posted on 10/30/2011 11:29:21 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelected Obama.)
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To: BagCamAddict
The culture changed and we have your generation to thank for it.

Only parents can instill the values you espouse and parents now don't believe in them. It's not the proper role of gov't to provide moral teaching. It will fail every time when it's not simply reinforcing values in the home.

15 posted on 10/30/2011 11:34:46 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelected Obama.)
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To: NoGrayZone

I’m so glad you get it. It was dismaying in the past couple of weeks to see the Perrytistas try to distort this response from Cain. I thought they were brain dead or just in a lather over Ricardo’s Marlboromanliesque. I’m still thinking that’s their motivation, they’re probably not quite brain dead... that Mrs. C can post as if she had 6 hands.


16 posted on 10/30/2011 11:35:14 AM PDT by Carl from Marietta (Cain, there's a new sherrif in town.)
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To: markomalley

yes.


17 posted on 10/30/2011 11:41:27 AM PDT by ken21
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To: newzjunkey
The culture changed

Exactly. And that is how I have viewed not only Cain's but Palin's approach to the subject. In true chicken and egg fashion, which comes first, the law or the culture? A law written in total defiance of the culture has no force. It truly is just words on paper. Enforcement flows from belief. Both Palin and Cain have emphasized that the truly fundamental change that will make it safer to be an unborn child will be the first line of defense, a broad cultural acceptance of the value of human life. Good laws will follow good culture.

18 posted on 10/30/2011 12:01:04 PM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: markomalley

Somehow I missed the interview where he go tripped up or something. All I have ever seen is Mr. Cain saying he was 100% pro-life. He even expressed his position clearly to the horror of the liberal vipers on The View. Unfortunately it is his fellow conservative contenders who are doing their very best to create confusion on this.


19 posted on 10/30/2011 12:05:40 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: markomalley

“..even believe in abortion if rape, incest or the health of the mother was involved?”

I do not agree with Cain on this issue. A woman that has been raped or impregnated by a relative or her life is in danger should have the choice to terminate the pregnancy.


20 posted on 10/30/2011 12:08:37 PM PDT by panaxanax (0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
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