Sen. Hillary Clinton submitted the following statement upon NARAL Pro-Choice America's request.

"I believe in the freedom of women to make their own decisions about the most personal and significant matters affecting their lives.  That is why I strongly support Roe v. Wade.  I also believe that abortion should be safe, legal and rare and that the government should do much more to support women so that the right guaranteed in our constitution is exercised in rare circumstances. 

"Throughout my career, I have worked to increase access to the full range of reproductive health services for women at every income level; to increase access to international family planning; and to reduce teen pregnancy.  In the Senate, I have championed the Prevention First Act and led a successful three year fight to secure over-the-counter access for Plan-B emergency contraception. 

"I recognized the danger posed to Roe v. Wade by the nominations of Samuel Alito and John Roberts to the Supreme Court. I spoke out about this threat to the right to choose and opposed both of them.

"As President, I will promote policies and judicial nominees who will uphold our constitutional liberties.  I will lead us on a different course, one that affirmatively promotes women's health and well-being."

Voting Record:
Sen. Clinton received the following scores on NARAL Pro-Choice America's Congressional Record on Choice.

Public Statements about Choice:
A selection of Sen. Clinton's public statements on this issue is below.

• "When I'm President, I will appoint judges to our courts who understand that Roe v. Wade isn't just binding legal precedent, it is the touchstone of our reproductive freedom, the embodiment of our most fundamental rights, and no one - no judge, no governor, no Senator, no President - has the right to take it away... I am reaffirming my commitment to safe, legal, and rare abortion, and unveiling an agenda for decreasing the number of unintended pregnancies in the U.S. through honest and complete sex education and expanded access to contraception and family planning."
  [From an announcement by Sen. Clinton made on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, January 22, 2008. Full announcement is available here: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=5404]
  
  
• "This decision marks a dramatic departure from four decades of Supreme Court rulings that upheld a woman's right to choose and recognized the importance of women's health. Today's decision blatantly defies the Court's recent decision in 2000 striking down a state partial-birth abortion law because of its failure to provide an exception for the health of the mother. As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account. It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito."
  [Statement from Sen. Clinton on Supreme Court Decision upholding the Federal Abortion Ban, April 18, 2007, http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/2008-candidates-on-the-abortion-ruling/ (accessed April 18, 2007).]
  
  
• Abortion "should be a constitutionally protected decision made not by the Government, not by the majority - but between a woman, her doctor, and her faith in God."
  [152 Congressional Record S35-07, January 25, 2007.]
  
  
• "Women's right to make choices about their reproductive health has been systematically challenged and family planning and contraception are under attack.  All women must be able to make their own choices about their reproductive health.  At the same time, we must work for the day when abortions are truly rare.  That means preventing unwanted pregnancies and doing everything we can to ensure that all women have access to family planning, contraception and the medically accurate information they need and deserve."
  [Statement from Sen.Clinton on the 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, January 22, 2007, http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/details.cfm?id=267783&&. (accessed May 9, 2007).]