Mitt Romney isn't going to alter any women's rights related to child-bearing and contraception and things like that. (At least that's what he says today. Tomorrow, who the f*ck knows?)
Even though his running mate wants to redefine rape as "forcible rape" and has sponsored legislation with Todd Akin outlawing abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
Now, Mitt isn't averse to appoint SCOTUS judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade and turn us back to an era of anarchic states' rights with regard to abortion.
But wait...
“There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,” the Republican presidential nominee told the Des Moines Register in an interview.
The Romney campaign walked back the remark within two hours of the Register posting its story. Spokeswoman Andrea Saul told National Review Online's Katrina Trinko that Romney "would of course support legislation aimed at providing greater protections for life."
(And he'd end funding for Planned Parenthood completely, even though Planned Parenthood doesn't use federal funds for abortion and provided such services as breast cancer screenings for poor women. Remember how that got the Susan B. Komen Foundation in trouble??)
Bottom line: Mitt Romney will say anything to get elected. And the moment's he's elected, nothing he said before that point has any bearing on what he's going to do next.
He's a liar and a loose cannon. And Republicans love him.
They'll regret that, if he's elected. A lot.
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