#abortion

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#affecting #against #birth #birth control #carries

The FDA is redefining birth control as abortion. The FDA is setting the bar higher for this kind of drug. ↗

— Patty Murray

#bar #birth #birth control #control #fda

A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important. ↗

— Robert Reich

#attention #been #divisive #economic #economic values

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#am #government #i #i am #much

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience. ↗

— Robert Casey

#conscience #easy #legal #nation #never

The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning. ↗

— Robert Casey

#beginning #issue #life #public #public life

There is much debate in this country over abortion. I have always found it puzzling. There are the right-to-lifers who say that abortion is the equivalent of murder. Then there are those who say a woman's right of free choice must be preserved. What has always struck me as odd is that each side is convinced that only it is right, and the other is wrong. I feel they are both wrong. No one should take away another person's right to choose. And no one should kill an unborn infant. Of course I could just as easily say both sides are right, but I won't. It's a paradox that can't be resolved. I think it is better to admit that than pretend there is a resolution. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#death

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can’t take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can’t take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right. ↗

— Faye Wattleton

#feminism #freedom #reproductive-rights #women-s-rights #freedom

He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say. ↗

— John Irving

#freedom-of-choice #mysogyny #womens-rights #freedom

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#inspirational #inspirational