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==Political Views==

==Political Views==

===Abortion===

===Abortion===

Thompson described himself as [[pro-life]]. During an interview in 2007 on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes, he said the following:

Thompson described himself as [[pro-life]]. During an interview in 2007 on Fox News' ''Hannity and Colmes'', he said the following:

:I've always thought that [[Roe v. Wade]] was a wrong decision, that they usurped what had been the law in this country for 200 years, that it was a matter that should go back to the states. When you get back to the states, I think the states should have some leeway. I might vote against one approach, but I think the state ought to have it. And I would not be and never have been for a law that says, on the state level, if I were back in Tennessee voting on this...to criminalize a young woman....

:I've always thought that [[Roe v. Wade]] was a wrong decision, that they usurped what had been the law in this country for 200 years, that it was a matter that should go back to the states. When you get back to the states, I think the states should have some leeway. I might vote against one approach, but I think the state ought to have it. And I would not be and never have been for a law that says, on the state level, if I were back in Tennessee voting on this...to criminalize a young woman....