100 years Quote by Cecile Richards

The birth control pill, to a great degree, made possible the (hetero)sexual revolution. Yet those who developed oral contraceptives did not intend their work…

— Beth Bailey

Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of…

— Dick Durbin

The acceptability of birth control has always depended on a morality that separates sex from reproduction. In the nineteenth century, when the birth control…

— Linda Gordon

Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals.

— Walter Lippmann

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

— Brooke Shields

Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and…

— Gail Collins

Many people are horrified at the idea of birth control. . . . It is simply the keynote of a new moral program.

— Margaret Sanger

“The idea of women having sex without risking pregnancy is deeply disturbing to the vision of women's role that Western civilization has inherited from…

— Jack Holland

I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance.

— Rima Fakih

“The Pill was introduced in the early 1960s and modern woman was born. Women were no longer going to be tied to the cycle…

— Jennifer Worth

Birth Control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our society, and…

— Margaret Sanger

It is clear that Americans have a right to birth control.

— Ted Cruz