If only there were more areas that he felt the government shouldn’t “meddle” in.

The year was 2003 and President Barack Obama, then a seasoned state congressman, was running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois. A reporter can be heard asking him about his stance on abortion during a press conference in Springfield, Ill., and the future president of the United States provides an honest answer..

“I am pro-choice,” a younger Barack Obama replies.

“In all situations, including the late-term thing?” a reporter asks.

“I am pro-choice. I believe that women make responsible choices and they know better than anybody the tragedy of a difficult pregnancy and I don’t think that it’s the government’s role to meddle in that choice.”