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However, when Fred Thompson first ran for the Senate in 1994, he said on the abortion issue,  

However, when Fred Thompson first ran for the Senate in 1994, he said on the abortion issue,  

"Government should stay out of it... The ultimate decision must be made by the women... Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own."  

:"Government should stay out of it... The ultimate decision must be made by the women... Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own."  

Also in 1994, Thompson told a Tennessee newspaper (the ''Conservative Spectator''): "I’m not willing to support laws that prohibit early term [[abortion]]s....It comes down to whether life begins at conception. I don’t know in my own mind if that is the case so I don’t feel the law ought to impose that standard on other people." In 1991 and 1992, Thompson was paid for about 20 hours of work on behalf of an abortion rights group.

Also in 1994, Thompson told a Tennessee newspaper (the ''Conservative Spectator''): "I’m not willing to support laws that prohibit early term [[abortion]]s....It comes down to whether life begins at conception. I don’t know in my own mind if that is the case so I don’t feel the law ought to impose that standard on other people." In 1991 and 1992, Thompson was paid for about 20 hours of work on behalf of an abortion rights group.