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Quotes About Abortion

If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,...it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.
~ John Calvin
I have been there, and I have seen these totally formed babies as early as ten weeks...with the leg missing, or with their head off. I have seen the little rib cages.
~ Deborah Priya Henry
I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not a contraceptive.
~ George W. Bush
If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion?
~ Jonah Goldberg
It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.
~ Pope Francis
Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life.
~ Mike Huckabee
There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion.
~ Pope John Paul II
There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death.
~ George H. W. Bush
If you touch the hearts of people you can get people's minds to change, but you have to show them the beauty of not aborting a life.
~ Herman Cain
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.
~ E.A. Bucchianeri
Thirty-two years after the legalization of abortion by the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the majority of Americans consider themselves pro-life.
~ Rick Santorum
If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all to the unborn child, the right to life.
~ Alan Keyes
When she got pregnant—he refused to wear a condom, perhaps for religious reasons—he sent her money for an abortion
~ Eleanor Herman
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.
~ Antonin Scalia
I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
~ Arlen Specter
I mean, I do actually think there is a qualitative difference between aborting in the early part of the first trimester and in, you know, the middle or later part of the second trimester, in a way that you feel about it in that you grow attached.
~ Ayelet Waldman
Planned Parenthood is an organization that does not provide quality health care.
~ Abby Johnson
Every woman should have access to quality health care and compassionate abortion alternatives.
~ Mercedes Schlapp
I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification.
~ Michael Baumgartner
There was a time that I questioned the government's role in abortion.
~ Ken Cuccinelli
Planned Parenthood's bottom line is number. And, with abortion as its primary money-maker, that means implementing a quota.
~ Abby Johnson
I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women.
~ Norma McCorvey
When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me to be hypocritical, a selfish abnegation of reality and responsibility.
~ Ayelet Waldman
Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?
~ Katha Pollitt