Pelosi: Abortion and Gay Marriage Are Examples of 'Defining Freedom More Fully'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the possible reversal of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling must be put "in perspective."

"What we want -- women and families and everyone to focus on is the nature of this decision," Pelosi told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday:

"This is -- our country, the genius of our founders was to have a Constitution that enabled freedom to expand. And it did with marriage equality, it did with Roe v. Wade, in many ways, defining freedom more fully.

"This is...