Abortion Quote by Benjamin Wittes

The right wing has really been telling us exactly what their intentions were as it relates to Roe for years now. It's their intention…

— Laphonza Butler

“Perhaps the most dramatic effect of legalized abortion, however, and one that would take years to reveal itself, was its impact on crime. In…

— Steven D. Levitt

“It is time to renew the battle for reproductive rights. We have been outmaneuvered, outspent, outpostured, and outvoted by a group of single-issue activists.…

— Sarah Weddington

“The pro-life cause originated at a far earlier date than historians have previously thought, and its origins were not tied to a backlash against…

— Daniel K. Williams

Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on…

— Mercedes Schlapp

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out…

— Robert Casey

The real motivation of the campaign to criminalize abortion is to establish the principles that women's bodies belong to the state and that women…

— Marilyn French

The Supreme Court has in place a legal structure which protects abortion rights in this country, and something has got to be done to…

— Charles T. Canady

The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our…

— Robert Casey

Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for…

— Laurence Tribe

“Roe has been a good friend, one women could count on when in trouble. We are on uncertain ground after Casey. Women, justifiably, feel…

— Sarah Weddington

The goal of the right is not to stop abortion but to demonize it, punish it and make it as difficult and traumatic as…

— Ellen Willis