“I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.” – Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Chapter 24. The monster, speking to Walton, questions the injustice of how he has been treated.
I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies. – Kamala Harris
We cannot tolerate a perspective that is about going backward and not understanding women have agency. Women have value. Women have authority to make decisions about their own lives and their own bodies. – Kamala Harris
I consider myself pro-life, as I accept that the unborn is a human life with rights, and I do not support abortion on request or on demand. – Leo Varadkar
They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that’s the case, there should be an immediate abortion. – Ginger Baker
I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available. – Hillary Clinton
The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do. – Howard Dean
That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. – Jesse Helms
When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don’t think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved. – Jimmy Carter
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other. – Jacques Yves Cousteau
If a woman chooses to have an abortion, it is legal to do that in this country, but I don’t think taxpayers should be put in a position to have to pay for those abortions. – John Fleming
I don’t support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again. – Jesse Ventura
In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. – Jesse Jackson
Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion. – James Carville
I think there are brilliant jokes to be made about abortion, and we should be able to talk about this in the way that we make jokes about death – you should be able to make jokes about everything. – Caitlin Moran
Abortion is a right I feel must not go away, and I feel like people aren’t mobilizing so much because it’s so complicated and it’s difficult to understand. – Cynthia Nixon
I frankly don’t care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God. – Alan Keyes
A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don’t serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children. – Alveda King
Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness. – Alveda King
Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don’t want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other. – Cynthia Nixon
Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion. – Bob McDonnell
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
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum. – Christopher Lasch
I don’t think the objective of an abortion clinic is to try to talk women out of having the procedure. That obviously would not be positive for their bottom line. – Bob McDonnell
I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don’t think it is the government’s rule. – Arlen Specter