Acquire Quote by Angela Davis

“Black women have suffered more coercion into sterilisation or the use of riskier forms of contraception.30”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Rates of black poverty have decreased. Black teen-pregnancy rates are at record lows - and the gap between black and white teen-pregnancy rates has…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different fathers as…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different fathers as…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“Parents and schoolteachers counsel black children that, if they ever hope to escape this system and avoid prison time, they must be on their…

— Michelle Alexander

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is…

— Henry Louis Gates

“Teen pregnancy is not in itself a problem, although it is a marker of a problem in a society where good jobs are distributed…

— Laura Briggs

The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent teen pregnancies is ridiculous. That's like offering a cookbook as a cure to…

— Jerry Falwell

“Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered psychologically disturbed but treatable, whereas their black counterparts were presumed to be…

— Leora Tanenbaum

One of the major causes of poverty is a lack of family planning. Governments and nonprofit organizations need to encourage poor people to use…

— Philip Kotler

“When the agents of public health lament the fact that poor black women breastfeed too little and conceive too much, they forget that that…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Women of color, particularly Black girls from economically challenged strati, we are told from the minute you start showing signs of being able to…

— Staceyann Chin