Suzan DelBene In the more than four decades since Roe v. Wade, it has become clear that some will stop at nothing to obstruct women’s reproductive rights. – Suzan DelBene
Sara Gideon I promise to fight against any attempts to undermine Roe v. Wade in the Senate. – Sara Gideon
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Robert Casey A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe. – Robert Casey
Robert Casey Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution. – Robert Casey
Rick Santorum My feeling is that the judge has a responsibility to the Constitution first, precedent second. Precedent is one factor. It is not the only factor. If it was the only factor, then, you know, we wouldn’t have had Roe vs. Wade. We wouldn’t have had Griswold. We wouldn’t have had Lawrence. We wouldn’t have had all these cases which the Left love. – Rick Santorum
Norma McCorvey I used the name Jane Roe because I didn’t want my personal name to be involved in it. – Norma McCorvey
Norma McCorvey I was the Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade, but Jane Roe has been laid to rest. – Norma McCorvey
Mike Quigley The U.S. Constitution guarantees women across this country, including my daughters, the right to choose for themselves when and how to start their families. Yet, more than forty years after Roe v. Wade, women’s reproductive rights remain in jeopardy. – Mike Quigley
Michael Baumgartner When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later. – Michael Baumgartner
Lincoln Chafee On the issues that I care deeply about – the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I’ve got some deep issues with the president. – Lincoln Chafee