ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told 1,000 abortion rights supporters that opposing sides of the issue should seek common ground.
The junior senator said in a speech Monday that she was a strong supporter of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, but she praised the influence of "religious and moral values" on delaying teenage girls from becoming sexually active, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Clinton said more needed to be done to prevent unplanned pregnancies, promoting adoption, recognizing the influence of religion in abstinence and championing "teenage celibacy."
"We can all recognize that abortion in many ways represents a sad, even tragic choice to many, many women," Clinton told the annual conference of the Family Planning Advocates of New York state.
"The fact is that the best way to reduce the number of abortions is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the first place."
