On Friday night, the Susan B. Anthony List announced that five Republican presidential candidates have signed its " pro-life presidential leadership pledge," Mitt Romney declined to do so. The four-part pledge states that as president, these Republicans would:
- Only nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal bench judges who are committed to restraint and applying the original meaning of the Constitution, not legislating from the bench;
- Select pro-life appointees for relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch positions, in particular the head of National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health & Human Services, and the Department of Justice;
- Advance pro-life legislation to permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion in all domestic and international spending programs, and defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that perform or fund abortions;
- Advance and sign into law a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.
Romney wrote in a blog post at NRO on Saturday morning that he supports almost all of the parts of the SBA List pledge but couldn't sign it for two reasons. First, the wording on ending funding for organizations is overly broad and could be interpreted to mean that hospitals could lose federal funding if they performed any abortions for any reason. Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the SBA List, replied that the pledge wasn't intended to
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