Abortion Quotes

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

That said, I can't emphasise enough - and I hope you print this - that I absolutely don't judge anybody at all who has an abortion, nor do I think they are murderers, nor do I think they are baby killers.

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.

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

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.

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.

All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.

Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

I believe every abortion is a tragedy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I think everyone's against abortion.

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.

The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.

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.

We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty.

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

The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings - indicating that courts can be influenced by public sentiment.

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

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

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.