Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."
Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"
John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."
Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."
Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.
"The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
"Sen. Obama has always had a 100 percent prochoice rating."
In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights.
Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
"I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife."
"We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980."
"Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board."
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record."
"When I was mayor of New York City, I encouraged adoptions. Adoptions went up 65-70 percent. Abortions went down 16 percent."
"I would love to see us have in this country what I helped lead in Arkansas...Amendment 65 (which) says that we believe life begins at conception, and that we ought to do everything in the world possible to protect it until its natural conclusion."
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