 Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness. |
| A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe. |
| Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life. |
| To establish justice and to promote the general welfare, America does not need the abortion license. |
| The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning. |
| Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap. |
| Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless. |
| We must make children and families a national priority. |
| If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. |
| Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience. |
| 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. |
| For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts. |
| I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast to the Republican abortion position which offers no real hope or commitment to mother or child. |
| Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored. |
| As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's convention without the national media protesting it. |
| Abortion is the ultimate violence. |
