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Where does Ben Carson stand on abortion?

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Iowa conservatives should prepare themselves to hear a lot in the coming days about Ben Carson’s record on abortion.

Carson’s opponents will be pointing out that in the early ’90s, the famous neurosurgeon
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referred patients to doctors for abortions, and that he publicly said at that time that he would “never advocate it’s illegal for a person to get an abortion.”
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As for his past positions on abortion itself, Carson told Yahoo News that he was “a fairly radical Democrat and had a different belief system” in the past.

“That has changed over the course of time,” he said, declaring himself to “favor life.”
But he still refused to say in that interview whether he thought Roe v. Wade, the 1973 law legalizing abortion, should be overturned.
This past Sunday, on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Carson finally said that Roe should be overturned.
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Carson also has given conflicting answers lately about when life begins. He said in August it was “certainly once the heart starts beating.” But of late, he has changed his answer. On “Meet the Press” this past Sunday, he answered affirmatively when asked if life begins at conception.
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What do you think? Are his views evolving? Is he playing to his audience? Is he flip flopping on this issue?

Seems to me that it really doesn't matter what the POTUS' views are on the subject, as he can't do anything about it anyway, but it does matter when it comes to rallying the party loyals and getting nominated.
 
Ben Carson on the Issues


  • Ban abortion more than 20 weeks after fertilization. (May 2015)
  • No abortion for convenience. (Jan 2014)
  • The thought of abortion for convenience is repugnant. (Jan 2014)
  • Persuaded mother of hydrocephalic baby to cancel abortion. (Jan 2012)

Ben Carson is hardly extreme on the issue of abortion when compared to some of his fellow Republican opponents, but his repeated reference to slavery as well as constantly godwinning his positions invariably results in dumbing them down.
 
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