MITT ROMNEY SAYS THAT HE WAS PRO-CHOICE, BUT ANTI-ABORTION [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Thu May 10, 07 - Tue Feb 02, 10 AMES, Iowa — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday reports that his wife donated $150 to Planned Parenthood in 1994 aren't surprising given his position on abortion at the time. "I was effectively pro-choice at that time," said Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, during a campaign stop in Iowa. Romney insists that while he took a pro-choice stand until a couple of years ago, he has always personally opposed abortion. He added that his wife's donations say little about his positions on the matter. And the disclosure of the Planned Parenthood contribution, first reported by ABC News, is likely to give fresh ammunition to foes already suspicious of his changed position on the issue. "Her contributions are for her and not for me," Romney said before a campaign appearance in Iowa. "Her positions are not terrible relevant to my campaign." Romney volunteered that wife, Ann, is now one of the heads of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, a leading anti-abortion group. "There have been other great Americans who have had the recognition they were wrong," said Romney. His wife's donation was made at a time when Romney was unsuccessfully running to unseat U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., before Romney was elected governor in 2002. As recently as 2002, he declared his support for the federal Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, but more recently, as he seeks votes from conservative activists, he has declared his opposition to the Supreme Court ruling. The former Massachusetts governor also gave $15,000 to Massachusetts Citizens for Life last December. "There's no shortage of irony here," said Lisa Dacey, spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund. "He is somebody who will say anything and change his mind a great deal to get elected. He did that here in Massachusetts and we have no doubt he will do that in the presidential race as well." * * * * * * * * Does Mitt seem hypocritical here? (Note that Romney defends himself by saying that other "great" Americans have recognized when they were wrong.) Yes No Not necessarily Ballot #114753 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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