Against Quote by Mechai Viravaidya

There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.

— Quentin S. Crisp

You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it's because something wonderful is ready to be born and that thing…

— Pearl Cleage

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

— Ellie Kemper

I never really got around to discussing that specific topic which I think it crucially important to understand. If you were a monk in…

— Brad Warner

Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit of beings. So, you can't say, "Oh, you can't have it because you're not ready for…

— Sakyong Mipham

The way to plan the family is natural family planning, not contraception...This (use of contraceptives) turns the attention to self and so it destroys…

— Mother Teresa

Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning and reproduction.

— Willie Parker

Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features…

— Bertrand Russell

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

“It is recorded in the monastic rules that a monk once performed an abortion on a girl; the Buddha judged his action seriously wrong,…

— Soraj Hongladarom

Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil. In certain cases, as in this one, or in the one I mentioned of Blessed Paul VI,…

— Pope Francis

Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil.

— Pope Francis