“Late-term abortions, especially when the baby survives, but is then killed by starvation, neglect, or suffocation, show once again the link between abortion and infanticide. The time to stop both is now.”

—  Ronald Reagan

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)

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