LOVELAND, Colo. – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday.
Romney, who previously supported abortion rights and is now an opponent, has struggled since his 2008 presidential bid to convince some cultural conservatives that he’s conservative enough. Rival Rick Santorum, long an outspoken figure on social issues, hopes those voters will help him finish strong on Tuesday.
“Remarkably under this president’s administration there is an assault on religion — an assault on the conviction and religious beliefs on members of our society,” Romney, a Mormon, told supporters in Loveland during his only campaign event before voters caucus and results are known.
Romney cited the Obama administration’s recent decision to require Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances. He called the ruling “a real blow … to our friends in the Catholic faith” and likened so-called morning-after pills to “abortive pills.”
“This kind of assault on religion will end if I’m president of the United States,” he said.
Later in the day Romney pounced after a federal appeals
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