Statutes that curtail her abortion choice are disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires a woman to provide continuous physical service to the fetus in order to further the state's asserted interest. — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The woman is constantly aware for nine months that her body is not wholly her own: the state has conscripted her body for its own ends. Thus, abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.' — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The argument that women who become pregnant have in some sense consented to the pregnancy belies realityand others who are the inevitable losers in… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
Statutes that curtail her abortion choice are disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires a woman… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
Progressives must not portray all abortions as tragedies. . . Senator Hillary Clinton, in a 2005 speech commendable for setting forth a prochoice, pro-prevention,… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
Abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.' — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The woman is constantly aware for nine months that her body is not wholly her own: the state has conscripted her body for its… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief. — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
The 'terrorist' behavior of petitioners is remarkably similar to the conspiracy of violence and intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan. — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
