#abortion

A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people. If this is not the case, then humanity becomes — as it is already to a large extent — no more than a rabbit-warren. But this is no longer a “free-range” warren but a “battery” one, in the conditions of artificiality in which it lives, with artificial light and chemical feed. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#human-life #responsibility #love

[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#men

Militant feminists are pro‐choice because it’s their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#feminism #ignorant #men

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#child #child

We don't like to kill our unborn; we need them to grow up and fight our wars. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#america #war #america

No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#motherhood #women #consciousness

The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#human-rights #life #pro-choice #pro-life #life

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. ↗

— Barack Obama

#democracy #government #religion #faith

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#being #con #i #outspoken #pro

It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#about #dollars #fund #hundreds #millions