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> [A favorite pro-abortion tactic is to insist that the definition of when life begins is impossible; that the question is a theological or moral or philosophical one, anything but a scientific one. Fetology makes it undeniably evident that life begins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/a-favorite-pro-abortion-tactic-is-to-insist-that-the-definition-of/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

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## More by Bernard Nathanson

> [ I remember laughing when we made those slogans up \[about abortion\]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/i-remember-laughing-when-we-made-those-slogans-up-about-abortion-we/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [Fewer women would have abortions if wombs had windows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/fewer-women-would-have-abortions-if-wombs-had-windows/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [Another myth we fed to the public through the media was that legalizing abortion would only mean that the abortions taking place i1legally would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/another-myth-we-fed-to-the-public-through-the-media-was-that/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [ At the end of the two years that I was the director \[of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Manhattan\], we had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/at-the-end-of-the-two-years-that-i-was-the-director-of-the-center-for/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. We succeeded because the time was right and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/we-fed-the-public-a-line-of-deceit-dishonesty-a-fabrication-of/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [There is no longer serious doubt in my mind that human life exists from the very onset of pregnancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/there-is-no-longer-serious-doubt-in-my-mind-that-human-life-exists/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/we-fed-the-public-a-line-of-deceit-dishonesty-a-fabrication-of-2/)

[Bernard Nathanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-nathanson/)

> [A favorite pro-abortion tactic is to insist that the definition of when life begins is impossible; that the question is a theological or moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-nathanson/a-favorite-pro-abortion-tactic-is-to-insist-that-the-definition-of/)

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