Quotes about Abortion

Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women. Votes: 5

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. Votes: 5

Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women. Votes: 5

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion. Votes: 4

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Votes: 4

We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time. Votes: 4

Abortion is a blessing. Votes: 3

Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Votes: 3

Abortion-centered feminism is dead, Votes: 3

Abortion is a woman's right. Votes: 3

Abortion is 'the great modern sin. Votes: 3

Abortion happens because of economic circumstances. Votes: 3

Abortion is an act of self-defense. Votes: 3

Abortion does not compute with my philosophy Votes: 3

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. Votes: 3

Abortion is in violation of God-given life. Votes: 3

Abortion is either OK or it's not. Votes: 3

Abortion is the taking of a life. Votes: 3

Abortion continues to be a scourge against this country. Votes: 3

Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party. Votes: 3

Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness. Votes: 3

What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it! Votes: 3

I notice that everbody who is Pro-Abortion already has been born. Votes: 3

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. Votes: 3

Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized. Votes: 3

Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people. Votes: 3

Abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.' Votes: 3

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Votes: 3

Abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare. Votes: 3

Abortion ... interferes with God's plan-a plan He willed before He created the universe. Votes: 3

Abortion is a denial of one of those powers which make women women. Votes: 3

Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless. Votes: 3

You Know How To Stop Abortion? Require That Each One Occur With A Gun. Votes: 3

Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all. Votes: 3

In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice. Votes: 3

Life is sacred to me on all levels. Abortion does not compute with my philosophy. Votes: 3

Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family. Votes: 3

Thats what abortion is - killing innocent humans for money. Abortionists are government licensed hit men. Votes: 3

Abortion is violence; a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself. Votes: 3

Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate. Votes: 3

Birth Control and abortion are turning out to be the great eugenic advances of our time. Votes: 3

Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family. Votes: 3

Abortion is an atrocity. Those who practice or praise it are either damn idiots, misguided fools, or treacherous devils. Votes: 3

Christ died that we might live. This is the opposite of abortion. Abortion kills that someone might live differently. Votes: 3

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend him or herself. Votes: 3

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. Votes: 3

There is no longer serious doubt in my mind that human life exists from the very onset of pregnancy. Votes: 3

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Votes: 3

Abortion is the easy way out. It's hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations. Votes: 3

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life Votes: 3

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life. Votes: 3

It is horrific even to think that there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day Votes: 3

Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want. Votes: 3

Abortion can never be safe. Any procedure where "success" means the killing of another human being can certainly not be safe. Votes: 3

Abortion is an act of desperation. It's an awful solution to a situation that God can work out for good through adoption. Votes: 3

Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap. Votes: 3

Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another. Votes: 3

Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were! Votes: 3

Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me. Votes: 3

And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning. Votes: 3

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense. Votes: 3

When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit. Votes: 3

Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot. Votes: 3

Liberals never, ever drop a heinous idea; they just change the name. Abortion becomes choice, communist becomes progressive, communist dictatorship becomes people's democratic republic and Nikita Khrushchev becomes Barack Obama. Votes: 3

It is always the moralists who do the most harm. Abortion is the logical outcome of civilization, only the jungle gives birth and moulders away as nature decrees. Man plans. Votes: 3

While I was the mayor abortions in New York went down and adoptions went way up, because we worked on adoptions as an alternative, so that there'd be a real choice. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught. Votes: 3

Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty. Votes: 3

The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state. Votes: 3

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other? Votes: 3

Abortion occurs so frequently in my stories. Abortion sort of synthesizes both sex and death. To have sex and death placed as close to one another as possible is always a goal of mine. Votes: 3

How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with LOVE, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Votes: 3

Abortion is black genocide...What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience? Votes: 3

Abortion raises moral and spiritual questions over which honorable persons can disagree sincerely and profoundly. But those disagreements did not then and do not now relieve us of our duty to apply the Constitution faithfully. Votes: 3

Abortion... was probably regarded by the average Roman of the later days of Paganism much as Englishmen in the last century regarded convivial excesses, as certainly wrong, but so venial as scarcely to deserve censure. Votes: 3

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime. Votes: 3

Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers. Votes: 3

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women. Votes: 3

I wont use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue. Votes: 3

Abortion and gay marriage are the political hot-buttons of the day. There are lot of things going wrong in the world, hate is running amok, so why just focus on these two hot-buttons and not everything else? Votes: 3

People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or Russia, but it is seen as a difficult moral problem in China and in the USA. Votes: 3

Abortion, however, is a big threshold issue for me because the dominant majority of people in my state are pro-choice, .. I ran as a pro-choice Democrat, and she fills Sandra Day O'Connor's shoes, and they are critical shoes. Votes: 3

Just because something happens to be legal does not make it moral, ethical or right. Abortion is perhaps one of the most dramatic examples of a situation where something is legal, but is very much a sin against God. Votes: 3

Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario. Votes: 3

Just because Congress passes a law and says it's all right to do a certain thing does not mean that it's all right to do it. Abortion is still just as wrong today as it was the first day of January, 1973. Votes: 3

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings. Votes: 3

Frankly, I adore your catchy slogan, "Adoption, not Abortion," although no one has been able to figure out, even with expert counseling, how to use adoption as a method of birth control, or at what time of the month it is most effective. Votes: 3

Abortion is abortion. Maybe you should have more protected sex? But if you get raped and get pregnant why would you keep that kid? I believe you should make your own choice - you're human. That's for you and God to deal with afterwards. Votes: 3

Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is (alive). And, thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Votes: 3

How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty Votes: 1

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty. Votes: 1

In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman. Votes: 1

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. Votes: 1

In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day Votes: 1

The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it Votes: 1

The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions. Votes: 1

The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality. Votes: 1

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue. Votes: 1

A significant fraction of evangelical voters appear more likely to ignore the candidates' specific economic and foreign policy platforms in favor of concerns about gay marriage or abortion. Votes: 1

We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices. Votes: 1

The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact. Votes: 1

The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth. Votes: 1

We are failing to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying . . . a dead weight of human waste . . .an ever-increasing spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all Votes: 1

The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late Votes: 1

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. Votes: 1

Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has had it. But I would be in favour of abortion if there was a high risk. Votes: 1

If the anti-abortion movement took a tenth of the energy they put into noisy theatrics and devoted it to improving the lives of children who have been born into lives of poverty, violence, and neglect, they could make a world shine Votes: 1

The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb. Votes: 1

Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular. Votes: 1

The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia. Votes: 1

If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want Votes: 1

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Votes: 1

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does. Votes: 1

Horror stories give us a way of exhausting our emotions around social issues, like a woman's right to an abortion, which I always thought was the core of 'Rosemary's Baby,' or the backlash against feminism which I always thought was the core to 'Stepford Wives.' Votes: 1

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy. Votes: 1

Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. Votes: 1

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them? Votes: 1

I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother if it's an abortion by choice, over the potential life of the fetus. Look, I think women, if they're required to not have abortions, could die and could - so I favor a woman's right to choose. Votes: 1

These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today, Abortion...For the pregnant women who don't want their children, give them to me Votes: 1

In 1985, I was living with my sister in Virginia, and since I was still in high school, I worked at McDonald's to save money to get an abortion. It sounds really terrible, but it was the best decision I ever made. It was the first time I took responsibility for my actions. I messed up, had sex without contraception, and got pregnant at 15. Votes: 1

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It doesn't. I don't want abortion. Abortion should be the rarest thing in the world. I am actually personally opposed to abortion. But I don't believe that I have a right to take what is an article of faith to me and legislate it to other people. That's not how it works in America Votes: 1

I'm against abortion. Votes: 0

I'm a living abortion. Votes: 0

No one is pro-abortion. Votes: 0

I think everyone's against abortion. Votes: 0

I think abortion is murder. Votes: 0

I want to have your abortion. Votes: 0

I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion. Votes: 0

We are fighting abortion through adoption. Votes: 0

No woman has an abortion for fun. Votes: 0

I could never, ever have an abortion. Votes: 0

I believe every abortion is a tragedy. Votes: 0

God's truth is this: abortion is murder. Votes: 0

We think abortion is a bad thing. Votes: 0

If abortion isn't wrong, then nothing is wrong. Votes: 0

I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion. Votes: 0

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life. Votes: 0

We disagree heavily on abortion [with Margot Hentoff]. Votes: 0

Actually, I defend the right to free abortion. Votes: 0

I've had a baby. I've had an abortion. Votes: 0

I do not believe abortion should be legal. Votes: 0

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. Votes: 0

No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view. Votes: 0

America will not reject abortion until America sees abortion. Votes: 0

I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years, Votes: 0

I am pro-life. I hate the concept of abortion. Votes: 0

ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else. Votes: 0

["] life is just the misery left between abortion and euthanasia ["] Votes: 0

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience. Votes: 0

I am not pro-abortion any more than I am pro-appendectomy. Votes: 0

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. Votes: 0

Supreme Court had said feds should stay out of abortion. Votes: 0

With humans it's abortion, but with chickens it's an omelet. Votes: 0

Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor Votes: 0

I really don't believe in abortion. It's like killing a baby. Votes: 0

I really didn't know there was two sides to the abortion issue. Votes: 0

I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. Votes: 0

By rejecting abortion-on-demand, we can move our party back to the mainstream. Votes: 0

Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily. Votes: 0

Whether by pill or invasive surgery, abortion is never good for women. Votes: 0

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion. Votes: 0

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion. Votes: 0

I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. Votes: 0

What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?... Votes: 0

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents. Votes: 0

There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion. Votes: 0

I'll protect and expand access to no-copay birth control and safe, legal abortion. Votes: 0

We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers. Votes: 0

You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty. Votes: 0

The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning. Votes: 0

Anybody who's against birth control and abortion has to be a criminal idiot. Votes: 0

If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies. Votes: 0

Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists, Votes: 0

I notice that all of the people who support abortion are already born. Votes: 0

If the unborn is a human person, no justification for abortion is adequate. Votes: 0

However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life. Votes: 0

I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice. Votes: 0

The male is an incomplete female, a walking abortion, aborted at the gene stage Votes: 0

There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience. Votes: 0

Religious hospitals would jeopardize their patients' lives rather than perform a medically necessary abortion. Votes: 0

If people spent one hour per week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended Votes: 0

Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion. Votes: 0

I think abortion is something that, as a personal matter, I would advise somebody against. Votes: 0

In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up. Votes: 0

More evangelicals today will visit abortion mills as clients than as ambassadors of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears. Votes: 0

Kid A is about an abortion. *laughs* It's about how our music is an abortion Votes: 0

Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books. Votes: 0

You want to help mother Earth? Try sodomy. Sodomy is eco-friendly, and abortion is green. Votes: 0

If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue. Votes: 0

[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime. Votes: 0

I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion. Votes: 0

You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion. Votes: 0

I want to get an abortion. But my boyfriend and I are having trouble conceiving. Votes: 0

In abortion they are trying to destroy the last bastion of the image of God. Votes: 0

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. Votes: 0

”I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question.” Votes: 0

[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again. Votes: 0

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society. Votes: 0

In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion. Votes: 0

Did you know you can have an Irish abortion, but there is a 12 month waiting list? Votes: 0

How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette? Votes: 0

To establish justice and to promote the general welfare, America does not need the abortion license. Votes: 0

Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes. Votes: 0

The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven. Votes: 0

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether. Votes: 0

Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate. Votes: 0

America doesn't have an abortion problem - it has an unwanted pregnancy problem, and an abortion symptom. Votes: 0

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade. Votes: 0

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Votes: 0

It is impossible for an abortion clinic to have a waiting list of more than nine months. Votes: 0

Feminazis have adopted abortion as a kind of sacrament for their religion/politics of alienation and bitterness. Votes: 0

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. Votes: 0

As loud voices argue on, let us remember that those who advocate abortion have already been born! Votes: 0

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule. Votes: 0

As people turn to contraception, there will be a rise, not a fall, in the abortion rate. Votes: 0

People say Cream gave birth to heavy metal. If that's so, we should have had an abortion. Votes: 0

I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide. Votes: 0

The abortion industry kills as many Black people every four days as the Klan killed in 150 years. Votes: 0

If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses. Votes: 0

A moral judgment of abortion is the usage of a man-made ideology to judge a man-made technology. Votes: 0

There are wonderful things having to do with women's health. But not when it comes to abortion. Votes: 0

The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism. Votes: 0

Although abortion has been legal nationwide for more than a quarter century, access remains difficult for many women. Votes: 0

I want to marry the kind of girl that walks out of an abortion clinic with a lollipop. Votes: 0

Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion. Votes: 0

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian. Votes: 0

I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life. Votes: 0

There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda. Votes: 0

Isn't it interesting that all of those people who support the choice of abortion have already been born? Votes: 0

In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved. Votes: 0

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white, Votes: 0

It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide. Votes: 0

By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. Votes: 0

To me, birth control and abortion are genocide.I say, make room for children, don't do away with them. Votes: 0

The ethical argument regarding abortion hinges on the question of when life begins. Some believe life begins at forty. Votes: 0

If women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament, an occasion of deep and serious and sacred meaning. Votes: 0

I'm for the death penalty, I'm pro-abortion, I'm pro-assisted suicide, I'm pro-regular suicide. Anything that'll get the traffic moving. Votes: 0

I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose. Votes: 0

The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive. Votes: 0

I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Votes: 0

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman. Votes: 0

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion? Votes: 0

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control. Votes: 0

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion. Votes: 0

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other. Votes: 0

If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does. Votes: 0

Just proportionately, statistically, one in three women are going to have an abortion. They're not all going to feel guilty. Votes: 0

Legalizing abortion to get government out of the bedroom is like legalizing cannibalism to get government out of the kitchen. Votes: 0

We who oppose abortion do not oppose those who have had abortions; rather, we embrace them with forgiveness and peace. Votes: 0

Even if abortion were made easy or painless for everyone, it wouldn't change the bottom-line problem that abortion kills children. Votes: 0

Most physicians regard abortion as a stigmatized operation done by people who are otherwise incompetent and can't do anything else. Votes: 0

In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure. Votes: 0

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion. Votes: 0

I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion. Votes: 0

If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion. Votes: 0

In thirty-five years of medicine I have never seen one case where abortion was necessary to save a mother's life. Votes: 0

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side. Votes: 0

Now let me get this straight. Bush is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty. I guess it's all in the timing, huh? Votes: 0

Kid A is about an abortion. An abortion of the soul. *Begins to cry, holds up air quotes* Thom Yorke. Votes: 0

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me. Votes: 0

If we took a moment of silence for each person lost to abortion, we would be silent for over 100 years. Votes: 0

The FDA is redefining birth control as abortion. The FDA is setting the bar higher for this kind of drug. Votes: 0

Because I believe that abortion is murder, I also believe that force is justified in an attempt to stop it. Votes: 0

There will be over 3,500 killed in USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying. No media hyperventilating. Normal day, Votes: 0

In medical practice, there are few surgical procedures given so little attention and so underrated in its potential hazard as abortion. Votes: 0

On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns. Votes: 0

To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions. Votes: 0

I'll tell you how to solve this abortion thing...Those unwanted babies...? Leave about 12 of them on the Supreme Court steps. Votes: 0

A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe." Votes: 0

Republicans are obsessed with abortion...if they really wanted to protect the weakest, most helpless people, wouldn't they protect the Democrats? Votes: 0

A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe. Votes: 0

The left promises abortion rights and cradle to the grave protection, so the trick is to make it to the cradle. Votes: 0

Anyone who believes in a Jesus who condones abortion does not believe in the real Jesus, and therefore is not Christian. Votes: 0

You don't have the right to be left alone with that abortion decision. The child is present...you are not alone. Votes: 0

I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes. Votes: 0

Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let's talk about gay people and abortion! Votes: 0

When you start talking about abortion and gay rights, people take that seriously and they're passionate about it - on both sides. Votes: 0

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice. Votes: 0

So the effect of this Republican provision to allow doctors to be gagged from even discussing abortion with their patients is outrageous. Votes: 0

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion. Votes: 0

Paul Revere was warning the British about gun control, and George Washington apparently was crossing the Delaware to bomb an abortion clinic. Votes: 0

The Democrats are using the human trafficking bill's language that's been there for 40 years, regarding the use of federal funds for abortion. Votes: 0

Thirty-two years after the legalization of abortion by the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the majority of Americans consider themselves pro-life. Votes: 0

I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion. Votes: 0

We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether. Votes: 0

There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion. Votes: 0

The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion. Votes: 0

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion. Votes: 0

As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. Votes: 0

I am not for abortion; nobody is for abortion. I am for your right to make your own hard choices in this world. Votes: 0

Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics? Votes: 0

Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion. Votes: 0

I would never want to vilify somebody who considered abortion murder. I was an illegitimate child myself. I may not have existed today. Votes: 0

I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger. Votes: 0

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion Votes: 0

I said those things about gay rights and abortion on opposite day. I cannot BELIEVE you don't have opposite day in North Carolina! Votes: 0

I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce. Votes: 0

If you want to get an audience quiet, just say "abortion" and everybody shuts up and the tension in the room is spectacular. Votes: 0

Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents. Votes: 0

I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life. Votes: 0

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion. Votes: 0

I don't support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again. Votes: 0

The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide. Votes: 0

I was going to get an abortion the other day.I totally wanted an abortion.And it turns out I was just thirsty. Votes: 0

Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you. Votes: 0

It's very clear that we are going to have 10 different [abortion] laws and that we are going to have these laws made by judges Votes: 0

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience. Votes: 0

In addition the bill would expand an existing law 'conscience clause' that protects physician training programs that refuse to provide training for abortion procedures. Votes: 0

Jerry Falwell says that abortion and homosexuality are sins. Oh yeah? Well, so is gluttony, Jerry. So maybe you should think about dropping 50 pounds. Votes: 0

A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important. Votes: 0

Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control. Votes: 0

I have always believed that the decision to have an abortion generally should be between a woman, her doctor, her conscience, and her God. Votes: 0

The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. Votes: 0

In addition the bill would expand an existing law "conscience clause" that protects physician training programs that refuse to provide training for abortion procedures. Votes: 0

The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world. Votes: 0

The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong. Votes: 0

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. Votes: 0

Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored. Votes: 0

With respect to those meanings of 'human' that are relevant to the morality of abortion, any fetus is less human than an adult pig, Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion. Votes: 0

I want a future abortion conversation known for its openness, respect and empathy, so instead of generating more heat, anger and conflict, I practice pro-voice. Votes: 0

The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a principle. Votes: 0

It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties. Votes: 0

Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death. Votes: 0

I'll put an end to the idea that a woman's body belongs to her . . . the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand. Votes: 0

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. Votes: 0

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. Votes: 0

With every kind of birth control available in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you've failed. Votes: 0

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue. Votes: 0

Andrew Saul is John Hall in a business suit. He's wrong on the war, on national security, immigration, abortion. He's Sue Kelly all over again. Votes: 0

I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right. Votes: 0

Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present. Votes: 0

If the Fed had a war on abortion like its war on poverty or war on drugs, within five years men would be having abortions! Votes: 0

Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion. Votes: 0

If we lived in a culture that valued women's autonomy and in which men and women practiced cooperative birth control, the abortion issue would be moot. Votes: 0

Pushing gun control drives people [in my district] crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a problem for Democrats. Votes: 0

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life. Votes: 0

I believe that any doctor that performs an abortion, I would advocate that any doctor that performs an abortion, should be criminally charged for doing so. Votes: 0

The methods used to take human lives, such as abortion, the pill, the ring, etc., amounts to genocide. I believe that legal abortion is legal murder... Votes: 0

Donald Trump's insulting comments about women go hand in hand with his plans to defund Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court justices who will end legal abortion. Votes: 0

If you gave a bag of potato chips to the guy who invented Pringles, he'd look at you like you were trying to hand him an abortion. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word "abortion" in the Third World. Votes: 0

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong. Votes: 0

You can`t differentiate between an Islamic terrorist and a Christian terrorist. Or a politically motivated terrorist who`s anti-abortion or someone who may have differing views. Votes: 0

Ronald Reagan never did much to make abortion illegal. He did, however, deliver videotaped greetings, fulsome in praise for his hosts, to antiabortion rallies on the Mall. Votes: 0

It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a public issue. Votes: 0

I think Obama has redefined the Democratic Party. It used to be the party of acid, amnesty, and abortion, and now it's surrender, socialism, and subprime mortgages. Votes: 0

Usually based on an economic agenda, white working-class voters don't buy into this whole biology-chemistry-abortion-gender agenda as much as they want more take-home pay. They want affordability. Votes: 0

one hundred percent of the bishops who oppose the repeal of anti-abortion laws are men and one hundred percent of the people who have abortions are women. Votes: 0

I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not a contraceptive. Votes: 0

I think it's the pro-abortion people who are doing this to collect on their insurance, so they can go out and build bigger and better killing centers. Votes: 0

It was more like an abortion than music, but he got a wildly enthusiastic response from the crowd. Well, we're all pro-choice out here in Hillmont, after all. Votes: 0

When we anthropomorphize the egg and sperm, when we turn them into a miniature bride and groom complete with personalities, what effect does this have on abortion legislation? Votes: 0

. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human life and certainly to be condemned. Votes: 0

The old law permitted abortion to save one life when two would otherwise die. The new law permits abortion to take one life when two would otherwise live. Votes: 0

America will never resist abortion until America sees abortion... The pro-life movement is not primarily a response to Roe vs Wade. It is a response to Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a gift not a threat. Votes: 0

China's one-child policy punishes families for having 'out-of-plan' children, resulting in sex-selective abortion and tens of millions of 'missing girls' as well as forced abortion and sterilization campaigns. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend her right to abortion. Votes: 0

A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence. Votes: 0

We have an anti-choice president, an anti-choice House and Senate. They might pass a national ban. It's already virtually impossible for people in some areas to get an abortion. Votes: 0

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values. Votes: 0

The real motivation of the campaign to criminalize abortion is to establish the principles that women's bodies belong to the state and that women bear the responsibility for sex. Votes: 0

Not everyone is there to get an abortion. Your body is like a car that has needs and women's bodies constantly need a level of care that men don't. Votes: 0

In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, venereal disease, teen pregnancy, and abortion. Votes: 0

We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on abortion. This is an issue that divides America. But certainly reasonable people can agree on how to reduce abortions in America. Votes: 0

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state. Votes: 0

Roe v. Wade very clearly sets out that there can be regulations on abortion so long as the life and the health of the mother are taken into account. Votes: 0

I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's right. Well no it's not right that's why I said no to it. Votes: 0

If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion. Votes: 0

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. Votes: 0

Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is. Votes: 0

If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion. Votes: 0

Lenscrafters is upset with Tea Partier Michele Bachmann because she called Planned Parenthood 'the Lenscrafters of abortion.' Lenscrafters released a statement today calling her 'the Costco of crazy.' Votes: 0

Patients would come in and say, Well, my baby is going to have a cleft palate. I'm going like, that's not a reason. And the doctor would do the abortion. Votes: 0

The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it. Votes: 0

Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring. Votes: 0

We live in a twilight sort of world where, unfortunately, the perception of the seriousness of abortion - has grown progressively obscured in the minds of many of our contemporaries. Votes: 0

Unlike abortion nobody gets hurt when gays marry but it does have deep implications for what kind of society we want to be. Therefore, individual states should decide the question. Votes: 0

Prior to Roe , ... whether one could obtain a legal abortion in the face of an unwanted pregnancy was a crap shoot. For 30 years now, it's been a constitutionally guaranteed right Votes: 0

Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party. Votes: 0

The [abortion] excommunication affects all those who commit this crime with knowledge of the penalty attached, and thus includes those accomplices without which the crime would not have been committed. Votes: 0

You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion. Votes: 0

A pro-choice advocate sees abortion as a decision to be made in accordance with the best scientific opinion as to when the beginning of life, as we know it, occurs. Votes: 0

If you're making abortion illegal and undermining the various things that will allow the prevention of that need, it can only be a situation that goes from bad to worse. Votes: 0

We need to know what the Bible says about abortion and marriage, poverty and slavery, and we need to see how all of these issues fundamentally relate to the gospel. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The goal was 'every child a wanted child'; it should also have been 'every abortion a wanted abortion', but the two sides of the phony debate were never to meet. Votes: 0

If the nearly one-and-a-half million babies aborted in America each year could, somehow, vote, chameleon candidates would find fresh reason to be concerned about abortion, whereas now they are unconcerned. Votes: 0

I heart abortion. Where's the shirt for that, urban outfitters?! And it won't be a normal heart. It'll be a dead infant heart. Y'know what the back will say? Problem Solved. Votes: 0

Given the National Organization for Women's membership and proclivities, it's no wonder that people now view the NOW gang as being obsessed with only two issues: abortion rights and lesbian rights. Votes: 0

No doctor is going to do an abortion on a live fetus. That doesn't happen. Doctors don't do that. If they do, they'll get their license pulled, as well they should. Votes: 0

There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society. Votes: 0

That's the one issue can't discuss.You can discuss abortion back and forth, discuss gun control back and forth. But you can't have a dissenting opinion in America (politics) on Israel. Votes: 0

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. Votes: 0

Under Obama, our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export. Votes: 0

After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not. Votes: 0

My main goal is to wait until I'm married to have sex. I would never, personally, be able to (have an abortion), because down the road it would always haunt me. Votes: 0

You go to jail for drinking beer and then walking with your bike. You go to jail for smoking a joint. For abortion. This is a nihilist policy which hurts people. Votes: 0

What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions. Votes: 0

One could call this a postnatal abortion on the part of a mother, I guess; I repudiate him entirely and completely for now and all times. . . . He is beyond human forgiveness. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. Votes: 0

The accusation that President Clinton cares deeply about nothing is refuted by his tenacious and guileful battle to prevent any meaningful limits on the form of infanticide known as partial-birth abortion. Votes: 0

In response to a question concerning China's policy of compulsory abortion after the first child, Molly Yard responded, "I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world" Votes: 0

You don't overturn a previous court's decisions lightly and I think most Americans are somewhere in the middle on abortion and there's not going to be a revolution here at all. Votes: 0

A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust. Votes: 0

We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions. Votes: 0

Women's right-to-know laws are supported by the overwhelming majority, not just of men, but of women, and 70% of the American people favor bans on abortion after the 20th week late term abortions. Votes: 0

I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. Votes: 0

History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas, such as abortion, the privacy debate expansion and child pornography. Votes: 0

Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution. Votes: 0

In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time. Votes: 0

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will. Votes: 0

I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life. Votes: 0

Just as the unwanted pregnancy, there are unwanted people in your life you should strive to abort, and such abortion is not sin, nor harm, but the eradication of a destructive foetus. Votes: 0

You can't judge Islam by those people any more than you can judge Christians by abortion clinic bombers or white separatists. Love turn to hate at the fringes of any belief system. Votes: 0

I certainly would like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion, a rich woman, a middle-class woman, or a poor woman. Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the"¦Medicaid bill. Votes: 0

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. Votes: 0

While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options. Votes: 0

Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for society's most powerless. Votes: 0

To earlier feminists who had fought for the vote and for fair treatment in the workplace, it had seemed obvious that the ready availability of abortion would facilitate the sexual exploitation of women. Votes: 0

If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all to the unborn child, the right to life. Votes: 0

If you represent all the people you should be able listen to someone who's pro-abortion are anti-abortion. Even though you might have a different view you should hear somebody who's pro-affirmative-action anti-affirmative action. Votes: 0

I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it. Votes: 0

The crowning insult [of abortion] is that this ordeal is represented to her as some kind of a privilege.Her sad and onerous duty is garbed in the rhetoric of a civil right. Votes: 0

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks and I would be prepared to go down to 20. Votes: 0

No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg. Votes: 0

[N]o one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions. Votes: 0

I am personally against abortion on demand, but I believe it is very clear that there must be legislation brought in that will deal with what is becoming simply a mish-mash of approaches Votes: 0

I had an abortion when I was 16. Because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Anyway, those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about it. Votes: 0

I don't mean to be trite about abortion, but I do feel it's a woman's body, and I don't think anyone should take away her choice of having or not having a child. Votes: 0

When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later. Votes: 0

While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider. Votes: 0

What is especially irritating about the whole abortion debate is the way the subject has been used as a political football by those on both the right and the left of the political aisle. Votes: 0

There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women? Votes: 0

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well. Votes: 0

I'm against the partial-birth abortion, but you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother under the strictest test of bodily injury to the mother. Votes: 0

If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this. Votes: 0

I think it's safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie"¦. I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name, Votes: 0

Quite frankly, I would prefer to have a non-Christian like Mitt Romney who at least pretends to embrace biblical principles over a professing Christian like Barack Obama who embraces very unbiblical positions on abortion. Votes: 0

Jerry Falwell says, on Pat Robertson's program, that the reason we got attacked on 9/11 is that we were accommodating the ACLU and abortion and homosexuals and feminists in America, so God smacked us down. Votes: 0

I read quite a few complaints last night about Lester Holt's choice of debate topics. Liberals wanted to know why climate change didn't come up. Conservatives thought there should have been a question about abortion. Votes: 0

It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion. Votes: 0

In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy for that perspective and for the value of human life from its beginnings. Votes: 0

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me. Votes: 0

When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me to be hypocritical, a selfish abnegation of reality and responsibility. Votes: 0

America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. Votes: 0

I'm definitely always drawn to the injustice of people who have been imprisoned for things they didn't do. But also lots about abortion and gay marriage. Civil issues are usually what I am drawn to. Votes: 0

I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus. Votes: 0

I feel about Photoshop the way some people feel about abortion. It is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay of our society…unless I need it, in which case, everybody be cool. Votes: 0

When couples have children in excess, let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be lawfully done in these cases depends on the question of life and sensation. Votes: 0

I've never had an abortion. And I don't know if I would. But, it doesn't mean that I wouldn't fight to the death for women to make their own choices for their own human bodies. Votes: 0