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- An expose and timeline of Romney's stances on Abortion. Proof that he has not flip-flopped but converted to a full pro-life official in 2005 and since.

1963 - Romney's Early Life
  2/07/2007 MSNBC - 1960's - The first time was when Romney was a young man in the 1960s and his brother-in-law's sister - an engaged-to-be-married teen who became pregnant - died in a botched illegal abortion.
  8/8/2011 Salon.com - The 1963 abortion of Ann Keenan that Mitt doesn’t talk about
1994 - Massachusetts Senatorial Election
  VIDEO: 1994 Senate Election - Romney: Abortion Should be Legal and Safe
  2/23/2005 Spectator - 1994 Senate Election - Romney Held Endorsement of Citizens for Life (parental consent, opposed taxpayer funding, no to mandatory abortion coverage)
  5/15/1994 Boston Globe - (GOP Opponent) is a strong backer of abortion rights, while Romney, who is personally opposed to abortion, said he supports keeping it legal.
  2/4/1994 Boston Globe - Romney says he would not attempt to alter existing laws dealing with abortion if he is elected.
  2/4/1994 Boston Globe - (Romney GOP opponent) said he is "not attacking Mitt Romney for being Mormon. I am saying that his church doctrine doesn't support his political positions."
  5/27/1994 Boston Globe - One difference came when [John Lakian] said he would support federal funding for abortion services if that matter came to a vote. By contrast, [Romney] said he opposed mandating that states provide abortion as part of Medicaid
  5/27/1994 Boston Globe - State Treasurer Joseph Malone's endorsement of Romney, Lakian said Malone, an abortion opponent, had backed Romney to reward "the pro-life contingent that was very much in Mitt's camp" at the convention
  5/16/1994 Boston Globe - (Romney's GOP Opponent), said he was in the Republican senatorial race to stay against Romney, whom he labeled a "right-wing" candidate
  2/7/1994 Boston Globe - Jeghelian said her only question was on [Romney]'s position on abortion. Although the Mormon Church, in which Romney serves as a lay official, is opposed to abortion, Romney has said he would do nothing to alter basic Roe v. Wade a
  2/5/1994 Boston Globe - Anyone who questions the sincerity of [Romney]'s political views on religious grounds need only look to the five congressional terms of Rev. Robert Drinan, who voted consistently for abortion rights despite his religious life as a 
  10/2/1994 AP News - But taking a hypothetical case of a woman telling him she was considering abortion, he said, "I would encourage her to have the child unless it was a case of rape, incest, danger to the life of the mother or severe birth abnormality."
  9/10/1994 Boston Globe - A recent letter from Paul Moran of Massachusetts Citizens for Life also lists Romney as against the Freedom of Choice Act and federal funding of abortion, information Moran said he got from members of his group who had spoken to R
  9/8/1994 Boston Globe - Massachusetts Citizens for Life said in its September newsletter that although Romney "is not 100 percent pro-life, {he} is 100 percent better than our senior senator."
  Exec Director: Mass Citizens for Life: "It’s a view echoed by Marie Sturgis, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, who says, “Having Governor Romney in the corner office for the last four years has been one of the strongest assets the pro-life movement has had in Massachusetts. His actions concerning life issues have been consistent and he has been helpful down the line for us in the Bay State.”
2002 - Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election
  VIDEO: 2002 Governors Race - Romney: I am Preserve and Protect a Woman's Right to Choose; I Do Not Like the Label of Pro-Choice
  VIDEO: 2002 Governor Race: Ann Romney: People Worry About Where He Stands But He Will Keep the Woman's Right to Choose
  4/7/2002 Boston Globe - Romney saying he did not like the label "pro-choice" to be applied to him. He had run on an abortion- rights platform in the Massachusetts race in 1994.
  11/1/2002 MIT.edu -  Romney: “will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose ... I will not change any provisions in Massachusetts’ pro-choice laws.”
  3/21/2002 CSMonitor - Democrats will also try to label him as too conservative for the state. In 1994, the Kennedy camp was successful in painting him as anti-labor after widespread layoffs at his venture-capital firm.
  3/21/2002 CSMonitor - Romney may be most vulnerable on abortion. In a letter to a Salt Lake City newspaper last year, he said he didn't "wish to be labeled pro-choice." In announcing his candidacy, he reiterated that he opposes abortion but would support a woman's right to choose under state and federal law.
2004 - As Massachusetts Governor
  11/14/2004 Boston Globe - [Mitt Romney] says he is personally against abortion, but has said he backs the "basic Roe v. Wade abortion rights." In July 2001, however, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Romney wrote a letter to the newspaper, stating: "I do not wish to be labeled prochoice," and balked at Utah media accounts that characterized him as an abortion-rights supporter. Nonetheless, Massachusetts antiabortion activists label him "proabortion," said Peg Whitbread, the president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life.
2005 - As Massachusetts Governor
  6/4/2005 Boston - Romney: "While I've said time and time again I oppose abortion, I did promise in 2002 not to change the abortion laws of Massachusetts, and I have kept that promise, and I take all the promises I make very seriously,"
  7/26/2005 Boston Globe - Romney Op-Ed: Why I Changed To Pro-Life Stance; I Will Keep the Status Quo as Promised
  7/26/2005 Boston Globe - Why I Vetoed Contraception Bill
  12/07/2005 Boston Herald - MA Gov may let Catholic hospitals deny morning-after pill to rape victims
  12/8/2005 Boston Globe - Legislature Overrode Romney's Veto on Morning After Pill
  5/2005 As Governor  - (6/13/2007 CBS News) - Romney: "I have indicated that as governor, I am absolutely committed to my promise to maintain the status quo with regards to laws relating to abortion and choice, and so far I've been able to successfully do that."
  VIDEO: 2005 As Governor - Romney: I Have Kept My Promise to Keep the Status Quo Though It Goes Against My Personal Views
  2005 As Governor - Romney Did Not Allow Abortion in His Health Care Bill; Instead it was the Court That Mandated it in Massachusetts in Sep 1980, 'Moe v. Sec. of Admin & Finance'
2006 - As Massachusetts Governor
  1/2006 University of Houston Law - With the New Law Superceding Any Old Laws Romney Had to Enforce All Hospitals Provide the Drug
  3/3/2006 Washington Post - When Commenting on Anti-Abortion Law, Romney Would have Added Exceptions for Rape and Incest
  4/21/2006 Boston Globe - State Widens Teaching of Abstinence Under Gov Romney
  8/10/2006 South Boston Online - The sales tax holiday in Massachusetts is among the most generous in the nation.
  Mary Moe vs. Sec. Administration and Finance' Mandated Mass Health Care System To Provide For Abortions.
  Mary Moe vs. Sec. Administration and Finance' Providing a Seat on A Health
  Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, OFM Cap—
Archbishop of Boston - “Cardinal O'Malley in Boston has said that Romney was a better friend to the Catholic church than any other MA governor in decades, and he was about the only one that wasn't Catholic.”
2007 - As Massachusetts Governor
  1/29/2007 Boston Globe - Romney in SC: "Over the last multiple years, as you know, I have been effectively pro-choice, I never called myself that as a label but I was effectively pro-choice and that followed a personal experience in my extended family tha
  2/9/2007 AP News- Romney Affirms Opposition to Abortion - "(As Governor) I was always for life," though I once supported abortion rights…
  4/20/2007 Townhall Interview - Romney's Been Consistently Against Partial Birth Abortions
  2/20/2007 NYTimes - In an interview with The Associated Press, Mitt Romney defended his opposition to embryonic stem cell research despite the fact that his wife suffers from multiple sclerosis, a disease that some scientists believe could be cured with stem 
  5/9/2007 NYTimes - Ann Romney’s 13-Year Old Planned Parenthood Donation
  VIDEO: 2007 National Review Summit: Romney Tells His History of Changing His Mind and What He Did As Governor After Change
  5/15/2007 NYTimes - Romney on Conversion: Roe v. Wade has gone to such an extent that we've cheapened the value of human life
  5/22/2007 Newsmax - "Both of us are pro-life," Ann says. "But Massachusetts is a pro-choice state." In fact, she says, "He's always personally been pro-life. Given our faith, we obviously believe in God, we believe in the sanctity of life. He was responding to how he thinks the government should be involved in the issue. And Mitt totally thinks it should be turned over and let the states decide, and get the bickering over with."
  VIDEO: 2007 Presidential Campaign: Opposing Candidates Misleading Attack Ads
  12/16/2007 MSNBC's Meet the Press - "With my position on abortion was--I was effectively pro-choice and I became pro-life.  I had the same experience that Ronald Reagan had...
2008 - GOP Presidential Primary of 2008
  VIDEO: 2008 Presidential Race: Romney: 3 Years Ago When We Were Studying Cloning In Our State, I Made a Decision and Changed My Mind
  VIDEO: 2008 Values Voter Summit - Romney: I Will Be a Pro-Life President
  VIDEO: 2008 Presidential Race: Romney: As Governor, I Said I Would Protect the Law as It Was, Which Is a Pro-Choice Position
2011 - GOP Presidential Primary of 2012
  6/19/2011 Washington Post - Susan B. Anthony Defends Romney Even Though He Would Not Sign Their Pro-Life Pledge
  6/19/2011 Washington Post - Susan B. Anthony Speaks of Romneys Support to Further the Pro-Life Movement
  6/18/2011 National Review - Romney Issues His Own (Similar): My Pro-Life Pledge
  6/19/2011 Washington Post - Susan B. Anthony Defends Romney Even Though He Would Not Sign Their Pro-Life Pledge
  6/19/2011 Washington Post - Susan B. Anthony Speaks of Romneys Support to Further the Pro-Life Movement
  6/18/2011 National Review - Romney Issues His Own (Similar): My Pro-Life Pledge
2012 - GOP Presidential Primary
  VIDEO: 2012 Presidential Election - CNN Debate: All Other GOP Candidates Believe That Romney's Pro-Life Stance is 'Case-Closed'
  VIDEO: 2012 Presidential Election - Candidates Attack Romney Signing His Own Pledge
  VIDEO: 2012 Presidential Election: Krauthammer defends Romney on abortion
  Pro-Romney Group Present - Pro-Life Principles: Why Critics Are Wrong About Mitt Romney