Betty Ford's abortion advocacy

Mrs. Ford was the first First Lady to publicly voice her opinions and ideologies even when they clashed with her husband’s. Her frank and outspoken nature earned her high approval ratings — and plenty of critics. A protest occurred after a “60 Minutes” interview with Morley Safer in which she stated premarital sex might lower the divorce rate, she probably would have tried marijuana had she been growing up in the 1970s and “... the best thing in the world was when the Supreme Court voted to legalize abortion, and in my words, bring it out of the back woods and put it in the hospitals, where it belonged. I thought it was a great, great decision.” Grand Rapids Press