Abortion Quote by Adrienne Rich

“Abortion is violence; a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself.”

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It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'

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The women's movement appeared at a very crucial moment in my life. There was a whole political movement asking such questions and others I…

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The decision to feed the world is the real decision. No revolution has chosen it. For that choice requires that women shall be free.

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