--- title: Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned description: Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would "love" to see Roe vs. Wade overturned canonical: https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-25T13:41:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:03:33.169Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned og:description: It would mean an abortion ban abortion og:url: https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36405f1b8130f138/698869bb0a4a221b5c9c6b7c/ben-carson4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ben Carson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned twitter:description: It would mean an abortion ban abortion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36405f1b8130f138/698869bb0a4a221b5c9c6b7c/ben-carson4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned by [Shaquille Brewster / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Shaquille Brewster / NBC News Oct 25, 2015 1:41 PM UTC  Ben Carson speaks outside the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at Iowa State University during a campaign stop in in Ames, IO on Oct. 24, 2015. Ben Carson speaks outside the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at Iowa State University during a campaign stop in in Ames, IO on Oct. 24, 2015.Charlie Neibergall—AP by [Shaquille Brewster / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Shaquille Brewster / NBC News Oct 25, 2015 1:41 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would “love” to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, making abortion illegal nationwide, with almost no exemptions. “I’m a reasonable person and if people can come up with a reasonable explanation of why they would like to kill a baby, I’ll listen,” Carson said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” While the Republican candidate said he opposes abortions for unwanted pregnancies and in cases of rape and incest, the retired neurosurgeon told moderator Chuck Todd he might be open to allowing abortions to preserve the life and health of the mother. [_Read more from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dr-ben-carson-i-would-love-see-roe-vs-wade-n451071?cid=par-time%5F20151025) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned","datePublished":"2015-10-25T13:41:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:03:33.169Z","description":"It would ban abortion nationwide","url":"https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36405f1b8130f138/698869bb0a4a221b5c9c6b7c/ben-carson4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shaquille Brewster / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36405f1b8130f138/698869bb0a4a221b5c9c6b7c/ben-carson4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Carson","caption":"Ben Carson","creditText":"Charlie Neibergall—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4086230/abortion-ben-carson-roe-wade/","name":"Ben Carson Would 'Love' to See Roe v. Wade Overturned"}}]}] ```