“Everyone who’s for abortion has already been born”

“Everyone who’e for abortion as already been born,” said Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) in a September 1980 presidential debate. “It’s a funny thing, but all those people who favor birth control have already been born” had been cited in print in 1965 and quickly became a popular joke. The authorship of the saying is not known.
 
 
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11 January 1965, Millwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Yes, It’s Great to Be Alive” by Buck Herzog,
MONDAY’S WASH…In his favorite analysis bar the other day Cliff Duffy tuned in on a conversation about the recent Gallup poll which said that 81% favor making birth control information available. He heard one man make this observation: “Looks like the only ones in favor are the people who have already been born.”
 
7 July 1965, Pocono Record (The Stroudsburgs, PA), “SportScope” by Ken O’Brien, pg. 11, col. 2:
One Boston columnist summed up this topic quite well when he wrote: “It’s a funny thing, but all those people who favor birth control have already been born.”
 
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29 January 1967, Modesto (CA) Bee, “My Favorite Jokes: by Totie Fields, Parade magazine, pg. 6, col. 3:
Have you ever noticed that most of the people favoring birth control have already been born?
   
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Presenting Mark Russell
By Mark Russell
New York NY: Everest House
1980
Pg. 134:
The Supreme Court decision legalizing abortions immediately transformed the subject into a political issue. The position I took was that those favoring abortion were people who had already been born.
 
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22 September 1980, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, “Debate contrasts Reagan, Anderson,” pg. 8, col. 3:
A few moments earlier, Reagan had dryly observed that “everyone who’e for abortion as already been born.”