The Boston Globe has been spending a lot of time exploring Mitt Romney’s evolving public views on abortion. Today, they interview Elly Peterson, who used to work for both of Romney’s parents.
In a 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy, Romney said he was pro-choice and had been since his mother staked out the position during her 1970 Senate campaign. However, Peterson says she never heard Mrs. Romney make such a statement:
If it happened, I'd remember it. It didn't, and I don't. The issue in 1970 was jobs, jobs, jobs, and that is what we talked about: the Michigan economy. The Romneys were great ones for talking about issues at the dinner table, though. Maybe she said it there to Mitt.
