“Gardasil is bunk. There was no mandatory requirement for it.”
You’re telling me that I’m wrong about the mandatory requirement for Gardasil that Perry was pimping? Yeah, there was a mandatory requirement until the Texas house stripped it out.
“In other words, it was well intiontioned, and he backed off.”
After the bill died... I don’t like the fact that he brought it up.
As for Perry supporting abortion in the case of rape and incest:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57349010-503544/perry-toughens-anti-abortion-stance/
Heh. Prior to December 11th of 2011, yes he did support abortion in the case of rape and incest.
So he’s flip flopped on the issue.
https://www.americansforrickperry.com/AfRP_National/site-page/rick-perry-issues-pro-life
Perry believes abortion should be illegal except in cases of rape, incest, or threat to the life of the mother (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6/26/02).
www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/ig/features/0503_01/voter-guides/njdc02.pdf
This is from ‘Americans for Rick Perry’.
Rick Perry Gets A Grade on Abortion From Texas Pro-Life Groups The big question in the Republican presidential race is whether or not Texas Gov. Rick Perry will throw his name in the hat for the GOP nomination to face pro-abortion president Barack Obama. If he does, Texas pro-life groups give him high marks.
Governor Rick Perry has always championed the pro-life cause, tirelessly advocating for the sanctity of innocent human life in numerous ways, Texas Right to Life executive director Elizabeth Graham tells LifeNews.com.
Governor Perry has worked alongside Texas Right to Life, helping shepherd our pro-life bills and eagerly supporting our measures, Graham said. As governor of Texas, he has intervened to stop anti-life legislation on a number of occasions, and he has helped clear obstacles when necessary. .
Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted pro-abortion President Barack Obama on pro-life issues "Perry said that, under Obama our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export......."
Perry has pleased pro-life advocates in Texas many times with signing pro-life legislation most recently signing an ultrasound bill allowing women to see them before an abortion and hopefully changing their minds on it. He has been strongly supported by pro-life groups. Perry supported or signed into law the Womens Right to Know Act and the Prenatal Protection Act in 2003, parental consent law in 2005, and funding for alternatives to abortions in 2007 and 2009."
Pro-Life, Marriage Groups Release 2012 GOP Scorecard
Only three candidates Perry, Santorum, and Bachmann support every issue on the scorecard and have signed both pledges. The other candidates have either not signed one of the pledges or have not indicated support of one of the social conservative issues.
Perry’s position is absolutely no abortion under any circumstance, including rape and incest. He has stated that in the past this was not always so, but after thinking long and hard on the subject, he stated there was no way anymore that he could justify it.
Unless you can point to something in his record, Perry’s pro-life credentials are solid, and you are hanging on to straws to justify your candidate who, on social issues, is no different than Perry or Newt.
That leaves policy positions. Considering no one ever sells Santorum based on what he stands for on the economic side, besides the generic stuff every candidate is already for, I suspect he has nothing except the social issues to stand on. When that comes under analysis, it becomes a stale talking point.