Editing Laura Bush (section)

===Views on policy===
Bush is a [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] and has identified herself with the GOP since her marriage.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watson|first1=Robert P.|title=Laura Bush: The Report to the First Lady 2005|date=2005|publisher=Nova Science Publisher |isbn=1594542902|page=166}}</ref>

When asked about abortion in 2000, Bush said she did not believe ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' should be overturned. She did not comment on whether women had the right to an abortion.<ref name=abortion>{{cite news|access-date=May 28, 2008 |date=January 19, 2001 |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/laurabush.abortion.02/ |title=Laura Bush's abortion comments 'personal views', Fleischer says |publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523020028/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/laurabush.abortion.02/ |archive-date=May 23, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She did say, however, that the country should do "what we can to limit the number of abortions, to try to reduce the number of abortions in a lot of ways, and that is, by talking about responsibility with girls and boys, by teaching [[abstinence]], having abstinence classes everywhere in schools and in churches and in [[Sunday school]]".<ref name=abortion/>

Bush responded to a question during a 2006 interview concerning the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]] by calling for elected leaders not to politicize [[same-sex marriage]], "I don't think it should be used as a campaign tool, obviously. It requires a lot of sensitivity to just talk about the issue&nbsp;... a lot of sensitivity."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/14/politics/p131514D67.DTL&feed=rss.news |title=Mrs. Bush: Don't Campaign on Marriage Ban |last=Pickler |first=Nedra |access-date=December 13, 2006 |date=May 14, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810084948/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F05%2F14%2Fpolitics%2Fp131514D67.DTL&feed=rss.news |archive-date=August 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 12, 2005, while in South Africa, Bush suggested her husband replace retiring [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] with another woman. On October 2, during a private dinner at the White House with his wife, President Bush nominated [[Harriet Miers]] to replace O'Connor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100300252.html|title=White House Counsel Miers Chosen for Court|author=Fletcher, Michael|access-date=December 13, 2006|date=October 4, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=October 10, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051010230817/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100300252.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, after Miers had faced intense criticism, Laura Bush questioned whether the charges were [[Sexism|sexist]] in nature.<ref>{{cite news|last=VandeHei|first=Jim|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100456.html|title=Laura Bush Echoes Sexism Charge in Miers Debate|access-date=December 13, 2006|date=October 12, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=February 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215080847/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101100456.html|url-status=live}}</ref>