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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....

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,