Ronald Reagan: Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation

On January 22, 1983, President Ronald Reagan released an essay on abortion that he had written. With the repeal of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, it is worth going back to recall that Reagan essay on abortion and Roe v. Wade, then ten years old. Here it is in full, unedited: “The 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade is a good time for us to pause and reflect. Our nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy was neither voted for by our people nor enacted by our legislators – not


