Matt Ortega

If you were looking for a wholesome, family event and were in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, Ann Friedman of Feministing has the event for you.

If anyone still thinks we should refer to the anti-abortion movement as “pro-life,” this event next week should change their mind. The forced-pregnancy movement is holding a four-day rally to honor Paul Hill, who murdered abortion provider Dr. John Britton and his clinic escort in Pensacola, Florida in 1994.

George L. Wilson, the site’s proprietor, lists the itinerary and one item — which Friedman points out in her post — is a reenactment of Britton’s murder that Hill was executed for perpetrating. (The murder scene is featured prominently in the website’s banner image.)

While campaigning in South Carolina, Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) spoke out against abortion — for rape victims.

“Rape is terrible. Rape is awful. Is it made any better by killing an innocent child? Does it solve the problem for the woman that’s been raped? We need to protect innocent life. Period.”

Sam Brownback — making South Dakota look like “dirty fucking hippies” on abortion.

(Hat tip: Jessica Valenti, Feministing)

Updated below

Oliver Willis provided a link to yet another Mitt Romney debate video, this one from 2002, where he vehemently defended his pro-choice stance. Also, Willis points to a Boston Globe article from June 2005 where Romney adviser Michael Murphy told the conservative National Review that he “faked” his pro-choice position.

Four days ago, ABC’s Political Radar posted the explanation the former governor gave to George Stephanopoulos for Sunday morning’s edition of This Week on his vote for Senator Paul Tsongas in 1992.

ABC News’ Jonathan Greenberger Reports: Republican presidential candididate Mitt Romney offered a new explanation today for why he supported a Democrat in 1992.

That year, Romney, then a registered independent, voted for former Sen. Paul Tsongas in the 1992 Democratic presidential primary. He told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, in an interview that will air Sunday on “This Week,” that his vote was meant as a tactical maneuver aimed at finding the weakest opponent for incumbent President George H.W. Bush. [emphasis added]

Mitt Romney, the James Bond of political maneuvering. Woodrow Eisenhower of race42008.com disputes the claim that Tsongas was the weakest opponent in the field. As Matt Mackowiak noted, Romney gave a different reason to the Boston Globe in 1992.

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