“but I also understand deeply the tremendous power of community approval and judgment that my patients have to weigh as they ponder their abortion decision. I know what it is like to be thought less of, and to feel frustrated… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“To the point: A woman who wants to terminate her pregnancy has to make her decision in the context of a culture that shames her, and increasingly, within the constraints of laws that dramatically inconvenience her. They demean her humanity by presuming to know better than she does what her best interests are. They limit her access to clinics and… — Willie Parker Copy Share
We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“Now I see the Bible as it was written: the inspired word of God, but also a historical document preserving the ancient hegemony of… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“The political conversation about abortion has obliterated truth and crushed any nuanced understanding of what it means to live a human life. Abortion talk in public is so black and while, so bolstered by scientific falsehoods and medical semi-truths, and so distorted by a fog of sentimentality about women and their role as mothers, that it has begun to muddle… — Willie Parker Copy Share
“All that has happened to me fuels the compassion I need to do my work, for in my interactions with the women I treat,… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“I see no reason why a woman should feel herself deserving of a separation from God because of a decision she has to make. The Jesus I love has a nonconformist understanding of his faith. He realizes that the petty rules and laws laid down by the fathers and authorities are meaningless, and that to believe in a loving God… — Willie Parker Copy Share
“If a woman is not in control of her fertility, she is not in control of her life.” — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“It bears repeating: one in three American women have had abortions in their lifetime. I have probably done more than ten thousand abortions in the past dozen years. With numbers like that, it’s inevitable that some proportion of patients will regret their decision – though in my experience, this seldom happens. More often, a woman remembers her abortion as a… — Willie Parker Copy Share
“The way I see it, the attack on abortion rights is nothing less than an effort to put all women back in their place.” — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
If you're making abortion illegal and undermining the various things that will allow the prevention of that need, it can only be a situation… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
There's also really no way of knowing what Donald Trump is going to do - he's been sufficiently vague in his policy positions. — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
![“We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.” quote by Willie Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ed/willie-parker-13118_knows_we-can-take-that-as-a-notion-that-we-don_223298.jpg)
