@bookender I think Romney's pro-life conversion is real. He's still okay with abortion being legal in the case of rape or incest or if the mother's life is in danger. He just felt that the culture of life was harmed too much by cloning and that made him think about abortion.
If you look at how he governed, he sided with life on every issue. He also was awarded a medal from the Massachusetts Citizens for Life. They apparently feel it's genuine also.
I want to add that I don't necessarily conclude that Romney is being dishonest. It's possible that the emergence of the cloning issue made him grapple with abortion in a way he hadn't before, leading to a genuine change of heart. If that was the case, he didn't really communicate the fact too well, but I don't hold it against him. I'd like to see someone ask him this question again, though, because besides confirming his position on abortion, it would show us how he thinks about issues.
I'm adamantly pro-life. Romney's more than welcome aboard, but his conversion story strikes me as bizarre. Romney allegedly looked at abortion--in which viable babies may be shredded alive for any reason--and thought it should be allowed, then looked at cloning--in which embryos of only a few dozen cells are created and destroyed for medical research--and suddenly decided we'd "gone too far." In what universe is cloning embryos for science more morally shocking than abortion on demand?
@bookender I think Romney's pro-life conversion is real. He's still okay with abortion being legal in the case of rape or incest or if the mother's life is in danger. He just felt that the culture of life was harmed too much by cloning and that made him think about abortion.
If you look at how he governed, he sided with life on every issue. He also was awarded a medal from the Massachusetts Citizens for Life. They apparently feel it's genuine also.
Mitt's the real deal.
phillip84109 10 months ago
I want to add that I don't necessarily conclude that Romney is being dishonest. It's possible that the emergence of the cloning issue made him grapple with abortion in a way he hadn't before, leading to a genuine change of heart. If that was the case, he didn't really communicate the fact too well, but I don't hold it against him. I'd like to see someone ask him this question again, though, because besides confirming his position on abortion, it would show us how he thinks about issues.
bookender 4 years ago
I'm adamantly pro-life. Romney's more than welcome aboard, but his conversion story strikes me as bizarre. Romney allegedly looked at abortion--in which viable babies may be shredded alive for any reason--and thought it should be allowed, then looked at cloning--in which embryos of only a few dozen cells are created and destroyed for medical research--and suddenly decided we'd "gone too far." In what universe is cloning embryos for science more morally shocking than abortion on demand?
bookender 4 years ago