#abortion

The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#human-rights #life #pro-choice #pro-life #life

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#being #con #i #outspoken #pro

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. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#about #dollars #fund #hundreds #millions

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

— Robert Casey

#annually #billion #doe #dollars #existence

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. ↗

— Robert Casey

#abuse #child #child abuse #defended #ensuring

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

— Robert Casey

#cannot #development #facts #fetal #focus

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #because #certain #democratic #disproportionate

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

— Robert Casey

#consciences #generation #issue #our #pressing

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. ↗

— Robert Casey

#before #begins #birth #brought #children

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. ↗

— Robert Casey

#assume #attain #children #demand #destroying