Mitt Romney's Pro-Life Pledge

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I wasn’t sure if I should have started this thread in the “Moral Theology” section, or the “In The News”, nevertheless, I decided on the former.

Mitt Romney has put forward a “Pro-Life Pledge” on his website.

The opening sentence is this:
I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be limited to only instances of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
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That concerns me. Given that abortion is one of the five non-negotiables, does that mean that a Catholic must not vote for someone with the above position, since it is not an *absolute opposition *to abortion, but a selective one?

In other words, if a candidate identifies him or herself as pro-life, but believes the immorality of abortion has exceptions (and thus that these exceptions should be reflected in legislation), then, as far as our voting considerations are concerned, for practicality’s sake, are we to regard the person as pro-abortion?
 
When it comes to the general election, Romney is certainly more pro-life than Obama.
 
Romney’s changed his position on everything, back and forth, back and forth, for years. I think he just wants to be president and will say anything he thinks will get him votes.
 
jrgiancola said:
Romney’s changed his position on everything, back and forth, back and forth, for years. I think he just wants to be president and will say anything he thinks will get him votes.
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AMEN:thumbsup: That’s what has bothered me about him
 
I could never bring myself to vote for President anyone who believes in abortion for any reason.

Which means I may not vote in the next election if Romney is the only alternative to Obama.
 
Charlemagne_II said:
I could never bring myself to vote for President anyone who believes in abortion for any reason.

Which means I may not vote in the next election if Romney is the only alternative to Obama.
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I will vote, but it would be a blank ballot, or a third party.

It is getting to the point, especially here in California, when we should make the Republican party a third party and get a real second party.
 
Joe_Kelley said:
I will vote, but it would be a blank ballot, or a third party.

It is getting to the point, especially here in California, when we should make the Republican party a third party and get a real second party.
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Before John McCain named Sarha Palin as his VP in 2008, I was also looking for a third party to vote for. I coul live with a view that the issue needs to be returned to the people at the State and Local levels, but that is as far as I could go.
 
jrgiancola said:
Romney’s changed his position on everything, back and forth, back and forth, for years. I think he just wants to be president and will say anything he thinks will get him votes.
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I also agree. We all know his religious affiliation. I believe he is just trying to become the god of his own planet. Eternal progression. I don’t trust him. Sorry.
 
i find my self asking these questions too…i live in california. so when it’s on the ballot i vote pro-life all the way. i am catholic after all. however, as a reason to vote for a president no way. obama may be pro-choice, yes, but hasn’t it come down to the states anyway? it’s such a talking point. i just heard gov. of texas (perry) talking about pro-life blah blah blah. now that the campaigns are beginning. but he has been there over a decade and abortion is still legal there. see what i’m saying? and isn’t a contradiction to be pro-life and pro-death penalty?
 
merne9 said:
i find my self asking these questions too…i live in california. so when it’s on the ballot i vote pro-life all the way. i am catholic after all. however, as a reason to vote for a president no way. obama may be pro-choice, yes, but hasn’t it come down to the states anyway? it’s such a talking point. i just heard gov. of texas (perry) talking about pro-life blah blah blah. now that the campaigns are beginning. but he has been there over a decade and abortion is still legal there. see what i’m saying? and isn’t a contradiction to be pro-life and pro-death penalty?
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Roe v Wade was is a federal law and at this time in history I don’t think an individual state an change it. If this is not true, I’m sure one of our legal eagles will be only to happy to point that out.
 
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Former Massachusetts governor and leading GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has refused to sign a pro-life pledge by the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List, inviting a rash of criticism from more overtly pro-life candidates.
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The pledge asked candidates to promise to nominate conservative federal judges and appoint only pro-life persons to “relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch” positions. SBA List also called upon the candidates to promise to advance government-wide Hyde amendment legislation and a federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and to “defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that perform or fund abortions.”
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Sen. Rick Santorum all signed the pledge. Romney was one of three GOP candidates who refused to sign the pledge, along with Herman Cain and Gov. Gary Johnson, the latter of which supports unrestricted abortion “until the point of viability.”
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Cain, however, said in a statement that he “adamantly support[ed]” the entire pledge except for the notion of “advancing” the Pain-Capable Act, an action he insisted must be performed by Congress.
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Romney’s opposition to the pledge ran deeper: the candidate said in a National Review op-ed Saturday that the SBA List’s document “is overly broad and would have unintended consequences.”
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lifesitenews.com/news/gop-frontrunner-romney-shirks-pro-life-pledge-bachmann-santorum-criticize
 
merne9 said:
i find my self asking these questions too…i live in california. so when it’s on the ballot i vote pro-life all the way. i am catholic after all. however, as a reason to vote for a president no way. obama may be pro-choice, yes, but hasn’t it come down to the states anyway? it’s such a talking point. i just heard gov. of texas (perry) talking about pro-life blah blah blah. now that the campaigns are beginning. but he has been there over a decade and abortion is still legal there. see what i’m saying? and isn’t a contradiction to be pro-life and pro-death penalty?
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The president can influence how many innocent lives are taken through abortion in many ways. It isn’t just a matter of repealing Roe v Wade. For example Obama has pushed the abortion agenda at the U.N. seeking to fund abortion throughout the world, he will only appoint pro-abortion judges and pro-abortion heads of governmental agencies that deal with abortion. To totally disregard the stand of a presidential candidate on abortion is not what our Catholic faith calls us to do.
 
mary_bobo said:
Roe v Wade was is a federal law and at this time in history I don’t think an individual state an change it. If this is not true, I’m sure one of our legal eagles will be only to happy to point that out.
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👍 Note that the Federal Government has gone to court to force Indiana, and other states, to pay for Medicaid abortions.
 
mary_bobo said:
And are you bothered about all the things Mr. Obama promised during his campaign?
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Did not vote for, and do not intend to vote for him. I do not vote for those who have Planned Parenthood’s endorsement
 
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