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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an interview on Tuesday that he has no abortion-related legislation on his platform but that he would reinstate a policy banning nongovernmental organizations from using federal funds to provide abortions…After Romney’s remarks were published online, Romney’s campaign spokeswoman reiterated that he is opposed to abortion. ‘Mitt Romney is proudly pro-life, and he will be a pro-life president,” Andrea Saul said in a statement.’

Obama’s campaign said Romney’s “statement contradicts his pledge to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade,” the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming a woman’s right to have an abortion. The Democratic National Committee pointed reporters to a June 2011 opinion piece published in the National Review Online in which the candidate identifies a piece of legislation for which he would advocate as president.

‘I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion,’ Romney wrote in the piece, headlined “My Pro-Life Pledge.”

In that piece, Romney also expressed his support for overturning Roe v. Wade, disavowing federal funds from being spent on abortions, and said he would nominate judges in line with his views.

…The candidate has been criticized for changing positions on the issue of abortion, dating back to his run for governor of Massachusetts.

CNN, Romney Abortion Comments Cause Democratic Criticism

This is one of my greatest qualms with Mitt Romney: if elected, we just don’t know what it is he’ll do. Whether it’s his “extensive” health care plan of 400 words, his confusing comments concerning health care reform, and now this, Governor Romney brings new meaning to the term “flip-flopper”. I mean not agree with all of Obama’s actions and policies, but at least I know what those actions and policies are.

-The Political Breakdown

Source: CNN