Romney: Views on Abortion Raises Eyebrows

With less than a month until Americans vote, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney appears to be flip-flopping on an important and controversial issue - abortion.

On Tuesday, Romney spoke with The Des Moines Register's editorial board and said there's no legislation with regards to abortion that he is familiar with that would become part of his agenda.

Romney told the paper that he would reinstate the Mexico City policy, which is that foreign aid dollars from the United States would not be used to carry out abortion in other countries.

Romney said Obama has "grossly distorted" his views on almost every issue.

"I mean there's an ad...which says that I'm opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest and when the life of the mother is at risk," Romney said. "Well, that's not true. That's not my position."

But according to his campaign website, Romney believes that life begins at conception and wishes that the laws of our nation reflected that view.

"He believes that the right next step is for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade - a case of blatant judicial activism that took a decision that should be left to the people and placed it in the hands of unelected judges," the campaign said. "With Roe overturned, states will be empowered through the democratic process to determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate."

According to the website, if Romney is elected, he will end federal funding for abortion advocates like Planned Parenthood.

Soon after, President Obama's campaign was on the attack saying Romney hasn't changed his mind on the issues, but instead is trying to cover up his beliefs.

"He's trying to close the deal just like he did in the board room at Bain Capital," said deputy Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter on a call with reporters. "He's been running on these positions for years,. Women simply cannot trust Mitt Romney."

"They know his position, his anti-choice position, his anti-Roe v. Wade position, is bad for his presidential prospects," Cutter said.

The Romney campaign fired back claiming that "Romney is proudly pro-life, and will be a pro-life president and would of course support legislation aimed at providing greater protections for life."

Romney backer Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion political organization, defended Romney's stance.

"We have full confidence that as president, Governor Romney will stand by the pro-life commitments he laid out in National Review in June 2011, including his pledge to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform and promote abortion, as well as advocate for a bill to protect unborn children capable of feeling pain," Dannenfelser said in a statement.