Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“The assumption that fertility control should be manipulated by authorities without respect for the wishes and dignity of individuals still exists. We see this…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“new forms of contraception, new methods of child rearing, and new forms of education and public welfare have provoked a fundamental renegotiation of gender…

— David Christian

“Fertility is not only physical. It is emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual.”

— Emma Ford

“The fact of women’s separate biological capacities has been used as a pretext for excluding women from the centres of power. But even as…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Reproductive freedom is a real danger for the patriarchy, because it means that women are empowered.

— Jane Fonda

“Only a woman can carry in her body an eternal being which bears the very image of God. Only she is the recipient of…

— Douglas W. Phillips

“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

Being able to control your reproduction is essential to women's ability to flourish in the United States.

— Rebecca Traister

I think a woman is powerless if she cannot freely claim the right to her reproductive capacity. Society can talk about anything it likes,…

— Jamaica Kincaid

The choices that women make have huge impact on families, on communities and on nations. Being able to provide an enabling environment for them…

— Babatunde Osotimehin

“If the world is to have a future, it lies in the hands of women. At time of this writing nearly half of all…

— A.C. Grayling

Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices…

— Melinda Gates