"Mutual Purpose" sought by Barack Obama

In President Obama's recent speech at Notre Dame, he stated the following:

"So let's work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term."

(from this AP article on MSNBC)

This is a great example from the Crucial Conversations (link to Barnes and Nobles where you get 3% of purchases if you were enrolled in upromise) toolbox of creating dialoge by defining a mutual purpose that opposing parties can agree.