Pres. Nixon's State of the Union speeches: on Abortion

Define the nature and extent of the basic rights of privacy

And the time has come, therefore, for a major initiative to define the nature and extent of the basic rights of privacy and to erect new safeguards to ensure that those rights are respected.

I look forward to establishing a new set of standards that respect the legitimate needs of society, but that also recognize personal privacy as a cardinal principle of American liberty. [OnTheIssues note: the "right of privacy" was the basis for the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling].