Katha Pollitt

I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.

American Poet

Mother Teresa

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

Albanian Saint

Hillary Clinton

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.

American Politician

Kellyanne Conway

Pro-lifers believe there are two victims in an abortion: the unborn child and the woman who felt that that was her best option.

American Businesswoman

Gary Johnson

I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.

Erin O'Toole

I do not think that abortion services should be part of our foreign aid funding in any way.

Canadian Politician

Tim Kaine

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

Jerry Weller

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life.

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Abortion, to me, is an issue of personal responsibility.

American Author

William H. Pryor

I believe that abortion is the taking of human life.

American Judge

Use with care due to emotional weight and political debates surrounding the term.

Context Sensitive

In medical contexts, details like gestational age might be important when discussing abortion.

Medical Precision

The legal status varies globally; some countries have strict laws regarding abortion.

Legal Relevance

Used figuratively to describe failings, not just in literal 'planning' scenarios.

Metaphorical Use

Carries a strong negative tone, implying something was disastrously mishandled.

Negative Connotation

Considered informal and may offend; use cautiously in professional environments.

Informal Speech

 international media coverage over the years and typically the stories take a fairly light-hearted tone but they do provide me with the vehicle for getting out a serious message to the people interviewing me from time to time we support assisted suicide marriage equality abortion rights and unrestricted international freedom of

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 gun control abortion all these things but historically speaking it's much much broader define it oh okay maybe maybe i'll say something about the word liberal it simply comes from liberty it's the idea that liberty is the most important value in the political sphere in the economic sphere in the personal

Yuval Noah Harari...

 and you've often been embroiled in controversy over this issue, and on the abortion question, on both sides, really. How do you navigate that? Yeah, so I think that's a really important point, which is, we had backed away from contraceptives

Why giving away our...

 it took a long time these old habits die hard but it happened and it certainly is a process that is complete today then came the 1970s cultural issues came to the fore for the first time in the history of the country abortion wasn't

Why political...

 in the developed world. They also should be supporting programs for children once they are born. You know, what about the protection of women's health? Well, the reality is, abortion is already an extremely safe surgical procedure.

The End of Roe v. Wade...

 and normal life resumed. China's population pyramid reflects the establishment of the one child policy 35 years before, which prevented a population boom such as that of Rwanda but also led to sex-selective abortions,

Population pyramids:...

 or the church or the synagogue down the street; or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict; or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming -- anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you

Take "the Other" to...

 forced to undergo abortion sterilization and when the families try to resist the policy there were houses or torn down in the second half of the 20th century China's communist leaders became deeply

One-Child Policy PIPE...

 Sometimes, she said, a late-term fetus would survive an abortion, and she would kill the baby after delivering it. She remembered how her hands would tremble as she did the work.

What it was like to grow...

 Everyone was pro-life. As a kid, the idea of abortion made me so sad that I knew if I ever got pregnant I could never have one. And then I did.