Being a woman Quote by Barbara Seaman

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability

— William Rehnquist

Pregnancy is treated like an illness in some sections of our society.

— Lara Dutta

If technology and medicine are used by women to have children or not to have children or to have healthier children - that's one…

— Gloria Steinem

“The techno-medical model of maternity care, unlike the midwifery model, is comparatively new on the world scene, having existed for barely two centuries. This…

— Ina May Gaskin

Healthy" and "diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as…

— Naomi Wolf

If men got pregnant, there would be safe, reliable methods of birth control. They'd be cheap, too.

— Anna Quindlen

Broadly Americans agree that women need access to health care to prevent medical disasters and to prevent pregnancy.

— Sandra Fluke

Pregnancy takes a huge physical toll on your body. I have many friends who have had babies and many of them require medical help…

— Abigail Tarttelin

Birth control is an important part of women's healthcare. It allows women to plan and time their pregnancies, and reduces preterm births and maternal…

— Leana S. Wen

Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected populations are…

— Robin Lim

Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.

— Susan Cheever

When you free women so they can choose to have or not to have, or to conceive - that's something that, for millennia, women…

— Lynne Tillman