ClydeR
06-25-2009, 10:53 AM
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, President Richard M. Nixon made no public statement. But the next day, newly released tapes reveal, he privately expressed ambivalence.
Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases — like interracial pregnancies, he said.
“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”
More... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/politics/24nixon.html)
This is pretty shocking. I wish they would just release all of the Nixon tapes at once. I don't like the way it's being dribbled out over a period of decades.
Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases — like interracial pregnancies, he said.
“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”
More... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/politics/24nixon.html)
This is pretty shocking. I wish they would just release all of the Nixon tapes at once. I don't like the way it's being dribbled out over a period of decades.