Family Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“In the 21st century 200 million women who want to limit their childbearing have no access to contraception or family planning services.18”

— Gabrielle Palmer

We know that the way to decrease unplanned pregnancies and abortions is to make birth control and family planning services accessible and affordable, not…

— Jeanne Shaheen

For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.

— Louise Slaughter

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health…

— Felicity Huffman

We need to realize that a society in which contraceptives are widely used is going to have a very difficult time keeping free of…

— Janet E. Smith

Abortion and contraception are inextricably intertwined in their use. As the idea of family planning spreads through a community there appears to be a…

— Malcolm Potts

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

There are fewer unwanted pregnancies and fewer occasions where a woman is confronted with that decision if she has access to family planning and…

— Bob Casey, Jr

Without the means to prevent, and to control the timing of, conception, economic and political rights have limited meaning for women. If women cannot…

— Alice S Rossi

Yes, we can control not getting pregnant with free and easily available contraception. But when it comes to getting pregnant when you want to,…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Sixty-eight percent of the pregnancies in the United States are neither prepared for nor expected. Of those sixty-eight percent, quite a bit end in…

— Laura Huxley

It is common sense that when women are able to plan their pregnancies, populations grow more slowly and as a result so do greenhouse…

— Kavita Ramdas