and when george bush was chosen as ronald reagan's running mate, he made a commitment to support the republican platform, which opposed abortion. so he did, he changed his view on abortion. she never did, but she stopped talking about it. in her diaries i found something quite extraordinary, which is, in her diaries in early 1980, there were four pages of loose paper folded over and tucked in. it was essentially a letter she wrote herself trying to figure out what did she think about abortion. she knew she would be asked in the 1980 presidential campaign and she wanted to know what she thought. it is a very thoughtful, poignant letter. and she concludes that she supports abortion rights, and she concludes that for an interesting reason. it's because of her experience with the death of her daughter, robin. robin died in 1953 of leukemia.