Nixon on Abortion

The Nixon Library has released some new recordings from the Nixon White House, including conversations that occurred after the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973:

In secret tapes released today, President Richard Nixon tells an aide, "There are times when abortion is necessary – I know that. ... When you have a black and a white, or a rape."

The conversation was with Charles W. Colson, about the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.

Colson seemed to agreed with Nixon's general assessment: "It encourages permissiveness."

In the Jan. 23 1973 chat, one day after the decision, Nixon told Colson that abortion "breaks the family."

Nowadays if you have a black and a white you might get a president.