I understand your position and I don’t necessarily disagree. He was always pretty transparent about his feelings on the abortion issue and what he felt his legal obligation was as president with Roe v. Wade. I can say in his post-presidential career, he did little to accentuate his feelings on the subject and make an attempt to use his platform to help eradicate it, when he could have. I can’t speak for the reasons why, but I still feel that it’s disingenuous for someone to say that he was pro-abortion based solely on his hesitancy to be more vocal on the issue. I know in my own line of work, I’ve had a few occasions when I’ve been instructed by upper management/ownership to hire someone I felt was not a proper fit (usually a case of nepotism), and I’ve also been instructed to terminate people whom I felt had not received proper due process. It sucks, but in my capacity as an employee, I’ve had to go against what I felt was wrong vs right. My situation is minuscule, but I imagine that’s how he might have felt. I’m sure the same is true with officers in the military who receive commands that they disagree with, but have a duty of carrying out orders.
