On Wednesday Rudy Giuliani told CNN that he still supports public funding of abortion because:

“Ultimately, it’s a constitutional right, and therefore if it’s a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected.”

So apparently he also thinks that abortion is a constitutional right, which suggests that he doesn’t think that Roe v. Wade should be overturned. When he repeated his promise to appoint “strict constructionist” judges to the Supreme Court he denied that this was a way to appeal to pro-lifers:

“A strict constructionist judge can come to either conclusion about Roe against Wade,” he said. “They can look at it and say, ‘Wrongly decided thirty years ago, whatever it is, we’ll over turn it.’ [Or] they can look at it and say, ‘It has been the law for this period of time, therefore we are going to respect the precedent.’ Conservatives can come to that conclusion as well. I would leave it up to them. I would not have a litmus test on that.”

Finally, there is Giuliani’s “personal opposition” to abortion, which is always a red flag for me. He told CNN:

“I’m in the same position now that I was 12 years ago when I ran for mayor — which is, personally opposed to abortion, don’t like it, hate it, would advise that woman to have an adoption rather than abortion, hope to find the money for it,” he said. “But it is your choice, an individual right. You get to make that choice, and I don’t think society should be putting you in jail.”

It would seem, then, that while he is “personally opposed” to abortion, he might not think that abortion is the murder of an innocent human being. I mean, I don’t think that these women should go to jail, but I do not think that anyone has the right to kill an innocent child.

If Giuliani is elected the Republican presidential nominee, it means we have lost our pro-life base and there is no longer a clear “pro-life” party. If that happens, I’m seriously considering switching to the Constitution Party.