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Lindy West Writer
Abortion

"Abortion. Feminism. Online harassment. Social justice. Women's "no"s are constantly doubted and eroded in our culture. Saying "no" and sticking to it  -  and, especially, doing that where other women can see it  -  is a political statement."

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Barack Obama Politician
Abortion

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

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Paul Martin Politician
Abortion

"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"

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Patty Murray Politician
Abortion

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

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Abortion

"Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court's result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right."

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
Abortion

"It's quite a stark contrast between the candidates, in how they will change things for women. Hillary Clinton wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will protect Roe v Wade. [Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood."

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Frank Portman Author/Musician
Abortion

"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."

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Hippocrates Physician
Abortion

"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."

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Howard Dean Politician
Abortion

"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."

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
Abortion

"To such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that perhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke, a violent and ill-fated abortion of the primal mother, a savage and dismal catastophe of nature."

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Barack Obama Politician
Abortion

"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."

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