This guy is like the Anti-Christ! Scares me! All these religious freaks scare me.

Apparently Roimney doesn`t always flip flop, sometimes he just outright lies. If he expects anyone to believe that he does not remember the event, either he is lying or his level of intelligence is highly questionable.

You mean Romney used to be pro-choice?!?!? I never knew that! (heavy sarcasm intended).

Did he or his wife address the crowd . . . I mean he was running for office at the time and politicians talk to all kinds of folks.

This isn't news folks . . . just an attempted hit job.

With Romney reporters have to go back 13 years for ANYTHING potentially damaging. With Huck, it's a new gaffe per day during this very campaign.

I'll go with Mitt's old baggage over the rapidly evolving and confused Huckster anyday.

Is this what we want, another bath of "I have no recollection" folks??? NO TO FLIPFLOP SLIMEBALL ROMNEY!!!

You know the MSM is running out of ammo on Mitt when they're forced to recycle this garbage.

I don't remember where I was on any given day 14 years ago, how can a politician be expected to remember every political event he attended during a campaign where he probably made hundreds of appearances? Hillary plans on visiting all 99 counties in Iowa in the next 3 weeks, does anyone expect her to remember every meeting in 15 years? The article's unfair implication shows bias. Besides, Mitt says he has changed his mind, what else is there left to say? He changed his position, and is now pro-life. Case closed. Move on to more important issues.

when did pro-choice ever become pro-abortion? To my understanding pro-choice would be that the woman has a right to choose between abortion or not. I'm pro-choice, that doesn't mean that I believe necessarily that abortion is correct or the best answer to solve the problem.
Who cares if Romney went to a pro-choice fundraiser? And did he lie when he was asked if he donated to the cause? no. his wife donated. and? the interviewers should be slightly more specific in their questions.

Phonay!

ABC News are you kinding me? Everyone knows that Romney used to be Pro-Choice. Where is the story here? Unless, this article has political backing from the left? Humm... I wonder who ABC News doesn't want to win in 2008! This is more trash reporting from a news agency that is on its way out anyway. No wonder I rarely watch ABC anymore. Horrible article, go back to journalism school please! What a waste of my time! This article assumes that the American people didn't know that Romney used to be Pro-Choice in 1994. What do you think we have been doing over the past year, sleeping? I am shocked at the down right biased reporting here! What a joke!

I am PRO-WOMEN. It is their body, their decision and not some religious fanatic’s!.....I do not care what Romney thinks about anything. I'd just like for him to put on his magic underwear and disappear forever. Religious nuts have no place in ANY government office!

After all the hoopla about NBC going "green," it's good to see that ABC can recycle, too. Wouldn't want them to have to resort to reporting actual news on Romney.

Interesting. This has got to be important to democrats. If Mitt wins the nomination, they will probably use this against him in the general election campaign. I wonder if the things Hillary were involved with in her past will be important to them? Somehow, I doubt it. Rules of hypocrisy only apply to republicans and never to democrats.

I am PRO-WOMEN. It is their body, their decision and not some religious fanatic’s!....I do not care what Romney thinks about anything. I'd just like for him to put on his magic underwear and disappear forever. Religious nuts have no place in ANY government office!

What's more impressive is that Ann Romney (nor Mitt ROmney) ever gave ANY MORE MONEY to this group.

If any of you have donated money to an organization you know that you will be on their lists for years to come and that you'll be solicited by them multiple times/year.

That Ann never gave any more money to Planned Parenthood (nor that Mitt ever did) shows us where they really stand on this group.

$150 to attend a fundraiser to mix with politically important people during a tight senate race (when he wasn't running as a pro-life candidate) is hardly the "news" that ABC is trying to make it here.

Next!

I was taught all my life growing up both in school and church that those people or groups that believe in Jesus were Christians.

Who are we to "judge" Mitt's faith. A faith that he was born into?

Mitt not only has a great family but he's also the most qualified candidate running from either party this year.

America is the largest enterprise in the world and only Mitt Romney has the "proven" experience to run the largest enterprise in the world.

That's just "one" reason why I'm voting for Mitt Romney

This report from our corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack press is really OLD news.

"Recycling???" I'd say it's more like "composting." This is basically written excrement fertilizing the political field. Expect nothing less from ABC than leeching off the backs of conservative bloggers that wrote about this a year ago. The difference? Bloggers sought the facts, recognized there was nothing to this story, and dismissed it. ABC doesn't like to worry about little things like the truth when they've got an agenda to protect. Sick and tired of all these Romney hit jobs when we've got Rudy the undercover liberal and the Huckster skating through with little to no scrutiny and all the publicity they could dream of.

The first point to be made is that is is unbelievable that abortion is at the top of the list of political concerns for anyone. This country is facing HUGE challenges created by disasterous leadership over the last 7 years. Abortion consideration should be left where it belongs...to the individual.
Second, Mitt Romney is as slimy as any politician to have come along in the last 20 years. Did anyone see him on Meet the Press? Russert CRUCIFIED him on his changing positions over the years. This oily fellow wiggled and squirmed in a futile, smarmy attempt to imply all of his changes were no big deal. Romney is frightening...a man who will blow with the prevailing political wind to garner votes. We deserve better.

This is one heck of a hit job! The photo was from 1994 and they are putting it out after the debates are over and just before voting in Iowa. Now, that is what I call timing! However, Mitt Romney has to explain himself on this. He did switch his position. He has to account for it. Maybe he can do it. Maybe he can't. If he is smart, his campaign will respond to this before the voting gets underway in Iowa.

dano, I agree that it's no longer an important political issue. At least not at this time. The murder of the unborn children of our country is now an honored progressive institution. It is celebrated as a victory for all those pregnant mothers who share that special bonding moment of when the child that depends on them for health, safety, and security, has their baby killed for their own convenience. Now that society has decided that the unborn as the right to die for the happiness of the mother, the sanctity of killing the unborn will not be withdrawn anytime soon no matter how inhumane it is nor how many of our precious little unborn children have to pay that price for the sake of their mother’s happiness.

A republican campaigning in a blue state. That's your story, any questions? Yes, a man with a gigantic family of children and grandchildren, that vetoed every new piece of legislation on abortion & life that ever crossed his desk (including embryo farming, theraputic cloning, and non-parental consent laws), has to defend his "record" I apologize to the critics, but his "record" speaks for itself.

ABC would rather smear GOP candidates than hold Democratics candidates to their actions; where are the questions about the Henry Shu/Hillary Clinton fund raising connections?

If you look hard enough, you can find Waldo in the photo.

1.) He lied and said he didn't attend.
2.) Even if his wife wrote the check, when you marry two become one!

I was using drugs 14 years ago, yet now I am anti-drug. I must be such a disgrace to have changed my view.

ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?!?!?!?!? what a piece of work this guy is!!!! mormon AND supports KILLING BABIES.....that's it people we've found the right president......FOR THE END OF THE WORLD!!!

So the hell what? He's already said he's changed his mind on the issue.

How about the Clintons raising money from China and giving them tons of dual use technology? That's even more recent.

every single candidate running for the white house are liars..they all flip flop when its politically convenient..only one candidate has stood the test of politics, and that one is ron paul..the hell with these other candidates....u wanna talk about a hit job, how can someone raise over six million dollars in one day and barely get any news coverage...all of these news organizations are corrupt..and last time i checked we were the united states of america not a fortune 500 company, unlike a corporation we have to take other things into consideration not just the bottom line

He is a liar. This is why the GOP base feels that it doesn't even HAVE a candidate.

Governor???Thank you. CAn you please get out of this race?

What a phony bologna, Mitt Romney is turning out to be, this guy is a joke.

"He vetoed every pro-abortion item on his desk"....
Really?...
WHAT ABOUT THE $50 ABORTIONS IN HIS HEALTH PLAN!!!
So now the pro life citizens of MASS are forced to subsidize abortions..and that's perfectly OK with you pro life Mittwits?

This would have been news...in 1994. Happy New Year Everyone 2008!

Romney has too many skeletons in his closet, too much political baggage and a checkered past.

This new revelation is just par for the course for Romney. That's why he remains at the bottom of the polls. He really is wasting his time and his cash, he can't win.

MOVE ON. This is not news ABC. Romney has explained his views NUMEROUS times and still this crap comes out. Liberal media is amazing. Try as you may to smear Romney's track record and his success in politics and in life. This country needs him to be our next president.

Rudy looks better and better every day

"Rules of hypocrisy only apply to republicans and never to democrats."

Ha! That's one of the funniest things I've heard in a while.

More proof that politician will say anything to anybody to get a vote.

The recollection of the conversation by the Pro-death guy is going to hurt ole Mitt.

But then, as Kerry proved, what makes folks think we are going to elect a Massachusetts politician to the presidency. You have to question the sanity of folks who keep sending Ed Kennedy to Washington.

This news broke 4 months ago...I am beginning to think the media want this guy gone. The media must have ran out of ammo if the best they can do is bring up an old article. I once attended a cooking class, but it does not make me a baker. I am glad that Romney's voting record is pro-life, I only hope that more candidates will learn from his example and admit when they are wrong. Free thought and rational thinking to me is more important than concrete positions. I was pro-choice back then and now I am not. So I can relate to him.

Mitt Romney, a pro-choice candidate in 1994, attended a function of the group Planned Parenthood, but didn't remember doing so 14 years later. But now we have photographic evidence that he did.

With this revelation, my support for Mitt Romney has splipped from 93.2% to 93.1%. Thank you ABC for bringing this to my attention.

This report has also raised my support for Mike Huckabee from 21.2% to 21.3%.

He is the most disingenuous candidate I have seen in a long time. I admired his father greatly, but Mitt is a dishonest unprincipled opportunistic person. We deserve WAY better than that.

Planned Parenthood provide many services that are necessities to the women health. Our church has free health fair every year. One year the Mammagram Mobile came to provide free mammagram was from Planned Parenthood. Abortion is only an option and only one of many other services that Planned Parenthood provides (birth control, prenatal care). I applauded Mrs. Rommey for her contribution to a good organization (wish she had given more). God bless her for her charitable work.

People, the point is he LIED about not being at the event. With all the press attention this got a few months ago don't tell me "He couldn't recall" being there. The other people at the event remember just fine. Is he retarded?

I can't for the life of me understand how anybody can support this guy.

Come on, who is going to vote for "Plastic Man" anyway, he's done!

I assume no one saw the CNN debate where Romney clearly said he was wrong in being pro-choice before, and now is pro-life. This photo was taken 13 years ago. How many events had Romney attended to in his lifetime? I don't remember everywhere and everything I did 13 years ago. I'm not a Romney supporter but I'm cutting him some slack on this one.

My only question is, why would he have been pro-choice if he was a deep believer in his Mormon faith? Aren't they big believers in pro-creation and large families? This proves to me that he's not a man of deep faith if he took that stance, and this shouldn't concern people today that his religion would get in the way of his presidency.

Rachel, the fact that your church has ties with Planned Parenthood tells me alot...you support a company that kills innocent babies. Don't tell me its a good organization. Its evil and designed to use abortion as a means of birth and population control. PLANNED Parenthood alone states how this place operates.

I don't think that the "liberal media" are doing anything to make Romney look like a ridiculous moron; rather, he's doing this himself.

REPORTERS: Mr. Romney, didn't you once support Planned Parenthood?
ROMNEY: No.
REPORTERS: But what about that $150 check you wrote?
ROMNEY: Check? That wasn't me, that was my wife.
REPORTERS: So your wife wrote the check.
ROMNEY: If my wife wrote a check, I don't recall anything about the circumstances surrounding that.
REPORTERS: Oh really. How about this photo of you at a pro-choice event in 1994?
ROMNEY: OK, ok, so you got me...I'm a flip-flopper, but I flip-flop for good reason!

My support for any Democratic or Republican candidate (with the exception of Ron Paul) has gone from 0% to 0%.

I just think this is a good response to all the dirt that the Romney campaign has been throwing. I'm prolife, and I've never given money to Planned Parenthood like Romney and Giulani. They had a joint account. My wife doesn't spend money without my knowledge, and I don't spend money without her knowledge. If I gave $150 to organization that does abortions, my wife would know about it. Romney should apologize and reject Planned Parenthood. If he's prolife now, good, I certainly haven't seen him argue for the prolife position, and I've seen debates. I don't think social issues will be Romney's priority, Christian conservatives should vote for someone else.

Why do you assume that because his wife wrote a check, Romney encouraged it or even approved? Wives can write checks without their husbands' approval. He probably said, "Whatever you want, dear. That's up to you."

The point is not whether he encouraged the check or approved of it; it's the point that he denied supporting Planned Parenthood, then "remembered" when he was reminded, then was forced to acknowledge it when finally shown a photo of himself supporting a Planned Parenthood event. It's called lying.

Not sure somebody from some oddball polygamous cult should be Prez..

I have to laugh at some of the posters here trying to make excuses for Mitt the flip-flopper.

Come to Massachusetts and you will hear democrats and republicans alike condemn this ego-maniac of a person and his ONE term as governor. From day one, he was all about his politcal ambitions and could give one hoot about the average/ordinary citizen. Imgagine that ego as president.....god help us all!

I hope this guy spends 100 million of his own money on his ego.....AND LOSES.

I wasn't even going to comment until I started reading the comments, and saw how everyone else got off track. Your acceptable Republican choices are: (in no particular order) McCain, Tancredo, Paul, Hunter, and Keyes. Notice the top three in the polls are NOT acceptable!! As for those who support abortion(MURDER of a human being in the womb) as a CHOICE...I suggest they choose a post birth abortion for themselves, or maybe their mother could choose for them!!! Wait, that sounds like euthanasia or suicide. That's illegal...hmmm...it's okay to kill your unborn baby, but not yourself...doesn't it seem that suicide should be legal if abortion is? After all it is your/my body. Logically either abortion is wrong and should be illegal, or suicide should be legal too...but only to protect the life of the suicidal person of course.

flip-flop. aka Changing your mind. Because changing your mind is always a bad thing, right? Aren't we all bashing Bush for NOT changing his mind about Iraq? Huh? But in this case, from a 'good' idea (pro-choice) to stupid ("I don't remember") Politics from two words "Poly" meaning many, and "tics" meaning blood sucking insects.

Unless the lovers of liberty happen to be in Iraq. Then Ronny dont give a hoot.

So he used to be pro-abortion... I am glad to see his enlightenment continues! If he has flipped .. at least he flipped the right way :)

William Boyd, it sounds like you might be the one who is off track. The issue is not Romney's position on abortion, or abortion itself, or suicide, or euthanasia. The issue is Romney's flip-flopping on abortion issues.

hey look at that, another flip-flopper from MA. sound familiar??

I really believe Romney when he says he is pro-life. I also really believe he always was pro-life and - he was lying when he ran in Mass. I really believe he has demonstrated he will take what ever stand he believes is the most politically viable. This guy has no scruples beyond doing what it takes to get elected. The man from Glad is truly scary.

Yes, ABC is digging, but it's not because they want him to look bad - they just want you to see that he changed his position. Then you might ask yourself "why?". To me, it's obvious that he changed his position when he decided to run for president - not because of any real change of heart, but simply to pander to the pro-life Right in the run-up to this election (just as he was pandering to the pro-choice Left in the '94 election). If choosing sides on an issue just to get votes is what you look for in a president, then Romney's your man. Look beyond what you WANT to believe and you just may find the truth.

Well said, longshanks.

HUCKABEE DROPS IN NATIONAL POLLS,
TWO TIMES IN A ROW!!!

The word pro-choice -- is just what it states -- the woman has the FREEDOM to choose nothing more, nothing less.

Romney stands the best chance of getting elected against the democrats. Gomer Huckabee is a joke--a real smooth talking one. Guliani is a demo in disguise. McCain is a sourpuss--kind of reminds me of Bob Dole--always seems angry. Paul is a spaceman. Demo's don't want Romney for a reason. They're scared he'll beat Hillary. The rest won't.

How many of you Republicans bashed John Kerry for being a flip-flopper. You are such hypocrites when it comes to one of your own flip-flopping on a very fundamental issue. He seems to say what ever it politically expedient at the moment in an effort to attract votes. Not what we need in our White House.

Romney is NOT pro-choice. He wants Roe v Wade repealed - said so on Meet the Press two days ago.

Romney is NOT pro-choice. He wants Roe v Wade repealed - said so on Meet the Press two days ago.

I didn't bash Kerry simply for being a flip flopper. He was ugly to boot. Ugly men shouldn't get elected. Look at Carter--what a mess he was. And Nixon resigned in disgrace. Please, no more ugly men--or women for that matter.

14 years ago, I was a drug user. However, today I am sober and anti-drug. I am a horrible person for changing my views (according to ABC news anyway)!

If ABC News just wants to note that a candidate has a current position that they did not have in the past, they could probably do better than to go back 14 years and go back 1 week to Mike Huckabee's change in Immigration.

If you're searching for a candidate for the U.S. presidency who doesn't have a mile-wide opportunistic streak, you'll search in vain.

OK, I'm no Romney fan. He's a total wolf in sheeps Mormon clothing. But to pick on him for a 150 dollar check his wife wrote in 1994 is going a bit far, in my opinion. There are so many other great issues to bring up about his phoniness and irrational belief system, why talk about this?

Gay marriage anyone? Mitt was never ordered by the courts to change documents for gay marriage in MA. He volunteered did this. Oh, and increased the pro gay groups funding w/ tax dollars...oh and many upped fees - not taxes, fees....he stated he was to the left of Ted Kennedy, the chauffer of Martha's Vineyard. He should run for gov of Utah, or mayor of Salt Lake City.
He does not have a chance for prez. A ffew tears, nahhh, not me.

Isn't amazing what the Huckabee camp comes up with for attention?? Like we didn't know Romney was for abortion in 1994. OLD NEWS This is a smear on Romeny. And to all you people that support Mike Taxabee out there, explain to me why PAT ROBERTSON endorsed Rudy and not your savior Huckabee? Not one..NOT EVEN ONE of his supporters can come up with an answer...I wonder why?

I think people have had their fill of this one position, abortion. Everyone knows already! Gov. Romney made the right decision switching to pro-life if you ask me. I wish more people would do the same. =D But something that happened 14 years ago on a subject that Mitt has officially addressed is a lot easier to swallow then the 1000+ pardons Huckabee did between 1996 to 2007 while he was governor. I have yet to see him truly address. Am I wrong? If he has an explanation please show me.

I've had it. This guy sounds shady. He only was pro-choice just to get elected and now because he wants to be president he's pro-life. hmm. thats shady.

I'm switching to Mike Huckabee !!

Rommey is a lier and deceiver as well.
I am glad he is losing the race.

Go Huckabee

I learned something from this article I didn't know about Romney and it actually makes me feel better about him. It has always concerned me that he was "pro-choice" as a candidate in 94 and is now pro-life. I had no problem with the conversion but whether it was sincere or not. But when Romney answers the abortion question in 94 he says he is "personally pro-life" but pro-choice was a "position he supported. Man that makes perfect sense to me since I believed the same during those years but no I'm very pro-life. Having great kids will do that. Romney just moved up my list since the guy is a great business person and is not a Washington DC loving politician.

This is old news. The only problem with Romney, is the fact he is one of nine, of the serious Republican contenders; and, unlike the Democratic contenders, there's not a single one of them with possibly the exception of McCain, that are truly presidential timber.

There's a great article in the Salt Lake Tribune from this past weekend that talks about the fairness of dealing with religions other than your own. My favorite part: "Muslim, Pagan, Christian, Jew, Buddhist - one of the great ironies of all spiritual belief is that cold, brutal logic should be applied to every version but yours." - Robert Kirby.

Give it a read.

I'm sorry folks, Romney's our best shot. The Huckster couldn't lead himself out of the bathroom. McCain/Thompson are much too old, and Guliani was great on Saturday Night Live, but does anyone really take the guy seriously?

Of course something that happened with Mitt 13 years ago has no relevance but you'll be the first to cry "Whitewater" or "Selling the Lincoln Bedroom" or the name "Bill Clinton" in general. You're as pathetic as the party you support.

Read Michael Novak endorsement of Mitt Roney "Why I Decided to Support Mitt Romney" The Corner, National Review Online. He said a delightful words about Mitt--"Romney is a good, executive-keen man, and without this mud he would earn the respect and love of the American people on his own." The man "Michael Novak" (author, philosopher, and theologian) gave Romney a delightful endorsement December 12.

The Romney supporters here are as dishonest as he is. When Romney said he never gave money to pro-choice groups, he LIED, pure and simple. It doesn't matter who drew the check on the joint account, and everyone knows it. And if Romney really had no knowledge that money was being drawn from his co-account for a specific political group when he was running for office (which we all know isn't the case), then he is too incompetent to be President.

Truth machine: You mean he *was* too incompetent to be President thirteen years ago. There's a big difference between then and now!

Hey all you Romneyites...aka "Pro-Lifer's"

When the Primary is over (and God help us if Romney wins) he will change his positions all the way to the "left of the dems" in order to win. That is how he operates....live and learn with this guy. Find a candidate you can trust...if there is such a thing.