"The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many……" — Ed Koch

"The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But if we accept them as bona fide political refugees for that reason, doesn't it follow that people living in countries where abortion is illegal (such as Ireland and Poland) should also receive political asylum? After all, their country's policy is forcing them to give birth to unwanted children."

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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… — Edward Abbey
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion… — Pope Benedict XVI
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes… — Tony Blair
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion;… — Julie Burchill
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies… — Edmund Burke
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else. — Barbara Bush
I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. — Barbara Bush
I do not believe abortion should be legal. — Herman Cain
Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again… — Tony Campolo
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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