After receiving the National Right to Life Committee endorsement and then finding himself in some trouble over comments made about the Terry Schiavo case, Fred Thompson talked about the issue on This Week. The former Senator stands by his position that the federal government went too far in that case and that such decisions should be made at the state level. With that said he stands by his position that in ever decision he hopes families, doctors and governments stay on the side of life.

Thompson has also suggested that Roe v. Wade should be overturned but unlike many of his conservative colleagues believes abortion should be left up to the states. It is a position Mike Huckabee has begun using against Thompson.