I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don’t know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is a signal of our ambivalence, a signal that we cannot say yes, it kills a fetus.
It’s not good for women to go through the procedure [abortion] and have something living sucked out of their bodies. It belittles women. Even though some women say, ‘Oh, I don’t mind to have one,’ every time a woman has an abortion, it just crushes her self-esteem smaller and smaller and smaller.
—Dolores O’Riordan
13.
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
14.
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.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton
15.
A person is a person no matter how small.
—Dr. Seuss
16.
Abortion is legal because babies can’t vote.
—Joseph Bonkowski
17.
Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.
–Frederica Mathewes-Green
18.
Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.
–Alice Paul
19.
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.
—Mother Teresa
20.
Any woman who has felt a baby stir inside her [and] any man who has seen the tiny heart pulsing on an ultrasound screen, knows that abortion is about ending a life.
—Karen Kissane
21.
Most women “choose” abortion precisely because they believe they have no other choice.
—Serrin M. Foster
22.
Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.
—Robert Casey
23.
I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
—Diane Abbott
24.
Abortion is an atrocity. Those who practice or praise it are either damn idiots, misguided fools, or treacherous devils.
—Christopher Titus
25.
Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.
—Potter Stewart