Barbara Bush Quotes

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.

I could never, ever have an abortion.

It so happens that I'm pro choice.

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.

We acknowledge the freedom of each individual to advocate for a public policy on abortion that reflects his or her beliefs.

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this.

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.

Women should have the right to choose or not to choose abortion.

I've always had both sides mad at me on this issue [abortion].

When you defend abortion you have to resort to semantic gymnastics.

The preservation of life seems to be rather a slogan than a genuine goal of the anti-abortion forces; what they want is control. Control over behavior: power over women.

I am pro choice. You Mr. Romney are multiple choice

Abortionists are not the enemy. Our enemy is sin.

I didn't grow up believing that abortion was a good choice for women, but since it was legal, I thought it must be okay.

Some pro-life advocates focus almost exclusively on the rights and suffering of the unborn baby, while some pro-choice advocates focus equally exclusively on the rights and suffering of pregnant women. This is a distortion of the moral choice that confronts us as a society.

I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend her right to abortion.

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.

I am pro-life, I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's my position, take it or leave it.

That said, I can't emphasise enough - and I hope you print this - that I absolutely don't judge anybody at all who has an abortion, nor do I think they are murderers, nor do I think they are baby killers.

There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any.