I am a Pediatrician.

With deep respect, there is a vast difference between being for abortion and being against legislating the issue. 

Over 30 years ago Mario Cuomo and Representative Hyde debated this very issue civilly and passionately at Notre Dame.  Cuomo articulated a Catholic's position against legislation elegantly.  I still have his oration - I still agree with him.

In the painful arena of medical decision-making, when confronted with a child in utero with anencephaly; or Trisomy 18; or any one of dozens of congenital or heritable anomalies, it is a fool's errand to attempt to draw rigid and dogmatic boundaries. There are simply too many contingencies; too many unknowns. Too much pain.

Better, as Clinton eloquently stated, to leave these decisions where they belong. With the parents, their physicians and their clergy or mentors.

Fact: Access to contraception, reproductive education and financial support are far more effective than prohibition in reducing abortion rates.