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Quotes About Abortion

Mr. Giuliani's liabilities as a G.O.P. candidate were obvious. There was his well-documented history of cultural liberalism - on abortion, gay rights, immigration and gun control - which he tried, unsuccessfully, to mask. And then there was his style - bland, uninspiring, even soporific.
~ Steve Kornacki
If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies.
~ Louise Slaughter
A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.
~ Robert Casey
I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.
~ Tim Kaine
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
~ Harry A. Blackmun
In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.
~ Patricia Heaton
Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense.
~ Alice Walker
My case was wrongfully decided and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation.
~ Norma McCorvey
Whether by pill or invasive surgery, abortion is never good for women.
~ Janet Parshall
This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.
~ Kathleen Turner
Abortion is a denial of one of those powers which make women women.
~ Janet E. Smith
Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.
~ Louise Slaughter
Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.
~ Robert Casey
As I see with Lori's testimony, you say what good could come out of all these abortions and all what she's been through? But she has been a part of a new Bible for women, a mentoring Bible.
~ Jim Bakker
Abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.'
~ Dawn Johnsen
Although abortion has been legal nationwide for more than a quarter century, access remains difficult for many women.
~ David Grimes
There are wonderful things having to do with women's health. But not when it comes to abortion.
~ Donald Trump
Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control.
~ Erica Jong
Too many women are forced to abort by poverty, by their menfolk, by their parents. A choice is only possible if there are genuine alternatives.
~ Germaine Greer
I believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. I do think women should have a choice but also that women should be making responsible decisions.
~ Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump said women should be punished, that there should be some form of punishment for women who obtain abortions. And I could just not be more opposed to that kind of thinking.
~ Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump's insulting comments about women go hand in hand with his plans to defund Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court justices who will end legal abortion.
~ Hillary Clinton
But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.
~ John McCain
I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.
~ Keith Ablow