President Barack Obama issued a statement today, celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared abortion a constitutionally protected right.
“Today, we mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’s freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health,” said Obama.
In a report issued last week, the National Right to Life Committee estimated that there have been 58,586,256 abortions in the United States since Roe v. Wade. The NRLC’s estimate is based on data published by the Guttmacher Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here is President Obama’s full statement on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
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I believe only an anti-Christ would equate the slaughter of 58,586,256 babies with freedom. But he is not alone in this holocaust: the Republican Congress voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood’s butchering of babies for spare parts. And We the People either support the “rights of women” or hide in shame.
David DeGerolamo
A national day of mourning and shame.