Tapper asked him, “Abortion is a big issue here in Iowa . . . and Rick Santorum has said you are inconsistent. The big argument here is that you have supported in the past embryonic stem cell research and you made a comment about how these fertilized eggs, these embryos are not yet “pre-human” because they have not been implanted. This has upset conservatives in this state who worry you don’t see these fertilized eggs as human life. When do you think human life begins?”
“Well, I think the question of being implanted is a very big question,” Gingrich said. “My friends who have ideological positions that sound good don’t then follow through the logic of: ‘So how many additional potential lives are they talking about? What are they going to do as a practical matter to make this real? I think that if you take a position when a woman has fertilized egg and that’s been successfully implanted that now you’re dealing with life. Because otherwise you’re going to open up an extraordinary range of very difficult questions.” LifeNews
Editor: "Make this real"? Also, I don't get how LifeNews decides Newt is pro-life. It would seem these statements betray what he really thinks. Here's National Right to Life's take on it, which is even more confusing. In another LifeNews article he's allowed to restate his view. Blogger Jill Stanek is not convinced. For the record:
Pregnancy Begins at Conception/Fertilization, Not Implantation
Pregnancy Begins at Conception/Fertilization, Not Implantation
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