Amid protests, Obama backs 'right to choose' on Roe anniversary

President Obama affirmed his support for a woman's "right to choose" on Thursday, the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of abortion, as thousands of anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall to challenge his position.
Roe v. Wade "not only protects women's health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters," Obama said in a statement.
The landmark 1973 decision held that a woman's right to abortion was protected by the right to privacy under the Constitution's 14th Amendment, voiding most state laws against abortion at the time.
Nellie Gray, who helped organize the anti-abortion March for Life on the Mall, invited Obama to speak at the rally.
"America needs your strong leadership as president of all the people to stop the intentional killing of an estimated 3,000 pre-born boys and girls each day and the brutalizing of mind, heart and body of pregnant mothers."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.abortion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

It is clear to me that it is not clear to every reasonable person that aborting an early term pregnancy is wrong...

It is clear to me that it is clear to everyone that aborting a very late term pregnancy is wrong, (if done for mundane reasons)...

When will both sides admit that their more extreme positions are not warranted?

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