Peggy Noonan Quotes

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

America is not ready to ban abortions.

Most American want their politicians to support the right of abortion but they don’t want them to be too enthusiastic about it.

A woman has a right to a safe, legal abortion. I've never wavered in that position since I was, like, eight years old and realized what was going on when I heard my mother arguing with people about the issue.

I wouldn't be able to date someone who had conflicting ideas on abortion, no. Because it's every woman's right to do whatever they do.

I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.

The point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we've always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again.

We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics.

Abortion is a woman's right.

Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family.

”I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question.”

The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our party's historic commitment to protecting the powerless.

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.

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy.

In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice party. It means that we are a party that defends women's rights, and therefore, it would be inconsistent for any Liberal MP to be able to vote to take away women's rights.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

I'm a Republican, but not on this issue [abortion]. It's destroying the party.

The entire matter of abortion is private and personal.

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

[Referring to William Clinton:] the abortion President

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

I think that it was the best thing that could have happened when the Supreme Court legalized abortion.