WALL ST JOURNAL, Nov. 6 2003:
"Within a year after signing the abortion bill, Mr. Reagan told political writer Lou Cannon that he'd never have done so if he'd been more experienced in office. It was 'the only time as governor or president that Reagan acknowledged a mistake on major legislation,' Mr. Cannon writes in his new book, 'Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power.'"
Did Reagan himself say this publicly? Are there any other witnesses that corroborate him saying this? Was there any mention of it prior to 2003? Did Reagan ever write or speak plainly against abortion or as a pro-lifer prior to 1975?