Ancestry Quote by Edmund Burke

“Enabling mothers and babies to fulfil this period of vital nurture is not a favour to women; it is a contribution to the whole…

— Gabrielle Palmer

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

— Sophocles

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.

— Sathya Sai Baba

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who…

— Suzanne Collins

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth is irrelevant, it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who…

— Anonymous

“Society might favour able-bodied babies, but it is massively guilty of disabling those healthy babies once they are old enough to imbibe the toxic…

— Francesca Martínez

... in all cases of monstrosity at birth anaesthetics should be applied by doctors publicly appointed for that purpose... Every successive year would see…

— Tennessee Celeste Claflin

If men gave birth, they'd be less inconsiderate.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

...Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering…

— Marsden Wagner

One does not give birth in a void, but rather in a cultural and political context. Laws, professional codes, religious sanctions, and ethnic traditions…

— Adrienne Rich

“It is their duty to be infantile, even against their inclination.”

— Aldous Huxley

I think it's vile when people pick on women after giving birth and highly unrealistic to expect women to get right back to their…

— Shanna Moakler