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June 24, 2009

"There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white."

- RICHARD NIXON,caught on newly released Oval Office tapes, reacting to the 1973 Roe v. Wade verdict
September 19, 2006

"Even as a supporter of Roe v. Wade, I am compelled to acknowledge that the language both sides use...can be misleading."

- Sen. John Kerryat Pepperdine University, calling for a new commitment to reduce abortions
January 23, 2008

"The fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul."

- President GEORGE BUSHas thousands of people met on Capitol Hill to protest the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion

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