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|vetoed a pro-life bill passed by overwhelming majorities in the legislature
|vetoed a pro-life bill passed by overwhelming majorities in the legislature
|the legislature overrode his veto; Roemer was defeated for reelection and could never win an election again
|the legislature overrode his veto; Roemer was defeated for reelection and could never win an election again
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|1988
|[[Jesse Jackson]]
|Democrat
|presidential candidate
|Op-ed 1,000-word essay for the National Right to Life News 1977.''"What happens to the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience,"'' and ''"Those advocates of taking life prior to birth do not call it killing or murder, they call it abortion. They further never talk about aborting a baby because that would imply something human. Rather they talk about aborting the fetus. Fetus sounds less than human and therefore can be justified."'' <ref>[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/nvp/consistent/jackson.html How we respect life is the over-riding moral issue, JESSE JACKSON; Right to Life News, January 1977]</ref>
|Jackson now believes abortion is acceptable because ''"it is not right to impose private, religious and moral positions on public policy,"'' and ''"Women must have freedom of choice over what to do over their bodies."''
|Born to a single mother, he identifying himself as a person who would have been aborted if medical counsel had been followed.
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|1986 <ref>He claims his flip-flop didn't occur when running for President in 1988. His record indicates pro-life erosion over time</ref>
|1986 <ref>He claims his flip-flop didn't occur when running for President in 1988. His record indicates pro-life erosion over time</ref>