Lieberman Disputes Roe Article

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said Friday he doesn’t want to revisit the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion, disputing a New Hampshire newspaper story that suggested he believes the historic ruling should be updated to reflect medical advances.

“I did not say nor do I believe that Roe should be looked at again, revisited or reconsidered,” Lieberman said Friday in response to an article in the Union Leader of Manchester.

Edward Domaingue, managing editor of the newspaper, said, “We stand by what we reported.”

Lieberman spokesman Jano Cabrera said, “There is one reason and one reason only why there is no direct quote from Sen. Lieberman calling for the Roe vs. Wade decision to be looked at again: Because he never said that.”

“I said in that interview what I have said for years,” Lieberman said. “Namely that medical science has advanced the time of legal viability to approximately 24 weeks. In response, the courts have determined that the viability standard has replaced the original trimester formulation of Roe.”