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Quotes from Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights — Katha Pollitt

born 1949 United States

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Actually, abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it’s not a good idea to bring them into the world.

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (2014)

In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (2014)

Your DNA is not you. It is more like the basic instructions for you. DNA is to a person as a blueprint is to a house.

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (2014)

What can that mean except that women’s sexuality is what really defines them, not their brains and gifts and individuality and character, and certainly not their wishes or their ambitions or their will?

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Katha Pollitt (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.