Abortion Quotes
726 quotes by 420 authors
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They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.
— Ginger Baker
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
— Edward Abbey
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Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
— Tony Blair
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier…
— Julie Burchill
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being…
— Edmund Burke
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
— Barbara Bush
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
— Barbara Bush
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I do not believe abortion should be legal.
— Herman Cain
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Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the…
— Tony Campolo
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I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
— Tony Campolo
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In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.
— Tony Campolo
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The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm…
— Tony Campolo
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I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to…
— Jimmy Carter
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In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate…
— Jimmy Carter
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When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as…
— Jimmy Carter
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Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting,…
— Robert Casey
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A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking…
— Robert Casey
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You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.
— Hillary Clinton
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