Ron Paul and Fred Thompson have an almost identical position in this regard, one that matches that of Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, and Jerry Ford in 1976, which is anathema to the Reagan pro-life GOP platform.
I cannot, and will not, support someone who is completely unmoored from an understanding that no individual, no state, has the right to alienate the unalienable rights to life and liberty.
But the Federal government does? No, actually, the Federal government doesn’t because the Constitution does not enumerate that power to the Federal government. That is why a Constitutional amendment would be needed. But while supporters of such an effort are busy throwing themselves against the brick wall that is the US Senate, the states, through the individuals who populate those states, already have the right to decide that life is precious and sacrosanct.
Who is the more foolish? He who wages a constantly losing campaign to change a law or one who wins the war with the laws already in place? If you truly care about life you must think every life is precious and that means that waiting for another 60 years to change the Constitution is unacceptable.