Ben Carson's perplexing stance on abortion

[KamaAina]

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/ben-carson-abortion-stance-121456

Ben Carson’s presidential campaign is surging on a wave of support from socially conservative voters inspired by his passionate talk about faith and his attacks on Planned Parenthood. But while Carson insists he’s a fierce opponent of abortion, he also defends a long series of actions on the issue that are sharply at odds with the beliefs of the very voters fueling his rise.

Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, has referred women to doctors who perform abortions, was a trustee of a foundation that gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood, and his campaign struggles to articulate which legal restrictions he supports on the procedure....

“As a physician who does not believe in abortion, when faced with a patient who has severe medical problems, I would refer someone for an abortion,” Carson told the Baltimore Sun in September of 1992. “I believe that person needs to hear both sides … I would never advocate it’s illegal for a person to get an abortion. I think in the long run we do a lot of harm when we bludgeon people.”...

Also in 1992, he appeared in an anti-abortion ad that he later disavowed, as Maryland grappled with an abortion-related referendum. That same year, Carson used tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research. He had nothing to do with obtaining the tissue, he said, and has defended his research. But the revelation comes as he, like many others in his party, has blasted Planned Parenthood for providing fetal tissue after videos surfaced showing workers at the pro-abortion rights group discussing the matter in a way many saw as cavalier.

tRump has already blasted him for this (link is to the Moonie Times, so I'm not going there ). Which of the other occupants of the clown car will be next?

[Dawson Leery]

1. Aside from Cruz, the hard right flank are opportunists.

[joeybee12]

2. Not really perplexing...he's just an a**hole...nt

[gratuitous]

3. "As a physician who does not believe in abortion . . ."

What the hell does that even mean? Does he believe abortion doesn't exist? He doesn't think it's a valid medical procedure? He doesn't want it to be illegal, but . . . Well, what, exactly? I guess it means he personally wouldn't have an abortion? Which is a really convenient position to take since he's never going to be pregnant. I guess he doesn't "believe" in prostate exams for women, either.

indeed!

[scscholar]

4. Maybe he doesn't know what it is

His kind is so ignorant.

[KamaAina]

6. "His kind"?

I assume you mean conservatroids. I sincerely hope so.

[scscholar]

7. I meant religious rather than logical

Why are you attacking me like that? That is a hateful twist of what I posssssed. I get it. You're a Carsonbnnn fannn.

They lie tto theeir membeers aboutgg what it is.

PS: using Windows so the keyboardd is osed.

[KamaAina]

8. Guilty as charged.

I think it's great that he both stabbed somebody and then got stabbed at Popeye's.

[IggleDoer]

5. He profited by women being unable to get abortions.

If a pregnant woman finds that her fetus would be horribly deformed and is denied an abortion, Carson gets to operate the baby so it can live in pain a few weeks/months longer. He got wealthy out of the mother and child's pain.