A Generation Gets Noticed.(Youth opinions on abortion.)

"Our teenagers and youth look at abortion and say, `It could have been me.' Each of them feel fortunate and blessed that their mother did have them."

--Washington archdiocesan spokeswoman Susan Gibbs, "Both Sides on Abortion Try a Youthful Drumbeat," Washington Post, January 22, 2003

"I do believe that women deserve better... . You're talking about ...a woman, who is undergoing difficult circumstances. You're talking about a child who she has brought into this world. And it's a wonderful thing to be able to support that kind of a cause and to know that there is so much support among the youth out there. The pro-life movement is strongly held by the youth."

--Catholic University alumnus Kara Crawford, appearing on Nachman, MSNBC, January 22, 2003

"All [young people] hear is from the other side."

--NARAL President Kate Michelman, "Choice and the Post-Roe Generation," Time magazine, January 22, 2003

The weeks leading up to last month's 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade were, to say the least, hectic around the NRLC offices. The media relations department received hundreds of requests from media outlets across the country, all wanting comment on Roe's legacy. Surprisingly, a number of requests came from reporters who wanted to look at the issue through the eyes of young people.