Roe V Wade Quotes

• America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Children, Men

  Amicus brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases of Loce v. New Jersey and Krail et al. v. New Jersey, February 1994.

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• Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.

  Tony Campolo

  Thinking, Abortion, Wade

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• For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation.

  David Horowitz

  Years, Decision, Foundation

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• I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I believe that since Roe v Wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support it. And I sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice. We can believe what we want, but will will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me waivering on that.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Believe, Years

  "Dick Morris' View Of The 2008 Race". "Hannity & Colmes", www.realclearpolitics.com. November 26, 2007.

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• At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

  Anthony Kennedy

  Life, Freedom, Heart

  "Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833". A joint opinion coauthored with Justices Souter and O'Connor, caselaw.findlaw.com. 1992.

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• Instead of helping women in Roe v. Wade, I brought destruction to me & millions of women.

  Norma McCorvey

  Abortion, Wade, Helping

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• Dan Quayle thinks Roe v. Wade is two ways to cross the Potomac.

  Patricia Schroeder

  Thinking, Two, Wade

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• The goal of the right is not to stop abortion but to demonize it, punish it and make it as difficult and traumatic as possible. All this it has accomplished fairly well, even without overturning Roe v. Wade .

  Ellen Willis

  Goal, Abortion, Wade

  "Escape from Freedom". "Situations: Project of the Radical Imagination", Vol 1, No 2, 2006.

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• I strongly support Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a constitutional right to a woman to make the most intimate, most difficult, in many cases, decisions about her health care that one can imagine.

  Hillary Clinton

  Decision, Support, Care

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• I will defend Planned Parenthood. I will defend Roe v. Wade, and I will defend women's rights to make their own health care decisions.

  Hillary Clinton

  Rights, Decision, Wade

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.

  John McCain

  Numbers, America, Long

  "McCain Softens Abortion Stand". www.washingtonpost.com. August 24, 1999.

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• I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons.

  Laura Bush

  Thinking, Important, Wade

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• Thirty-two years after the legalization of abortion by the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the majority of Americans consider themselves pro-life.

  Rick Santorum

  Years, Two, Pro Life

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• It's time ... the Republican Party end the war on women they started. Whether it's the Blunt-Rubio amendment, personhood or attempts to repeal Roe v. Wade, we aren't going to let extremist politicians dictate to women what we can or cannot do with our bodies.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  War, Party, Wade

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• But I am pro-life and will intend, if I’m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And I hope to appoint justices to the Supreme Court that will follow the law and the constitution. And it would be my preference that they reverse Roe v. Wade and therefore they return to the people and their elected representatives the decisions with regards to this important issue.

  Mitt Romney

  Law, Issues, People

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com.

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• I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Law, Years

  "A Primary Factor". Interview with Kathryn Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. December 14, 2006.

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• We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision

  Sarah Weddington

  Pregnancy, Abortion, Decision

  Sarah Weddington (2013). “A Question of Choice: Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.156, The Feminist Press at CUNY

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• The right to privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

  Harry A. Blackmun

  Pregnancy, Abortion Laws, Decision

  "Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113". The U.S. Supreme Court case No. 70-18, supreme.justia.com. January 22, 1973.

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• Even as a supporter of Roe v. Wade, I am compelled to acknowledge that the language both sides use on this subject can be unfortunately misleading and unconstructive.... Everyone is worse off for it.

  John F. Kerry

  Abortion, Use, Wade

  "Kerry Speaks About Faith, 'Godly Tasks'" by Michael R. Blood, www.washingtonpost.com. September 18, 2006.

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• When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later.

  Michael Baumgartner

  Rights, Issues, Abortion

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• It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.

  Jon Meacham

  Religious, Race, Issues

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• The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Agendas, Wade, Erode

  "Women Decide" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, 2010.

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• I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.

  Rand Paul

  Support, Wade, Introducing

  Speaking in Paducah, May 9, 2009.

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• I used to be pro-choice."..."I was once pro-choice and the thing that changed my mind was, I read my husband's biology books, medical books, and what I learned . . . At the moment of conception, a life starts. And this life has its own unique set of DNA, which contains a blueprint for the whole genetic makeup. The sex is determined. We know there's a life because it's growing and changing.

  Kathy Ireland

  Sex, Husband, Book

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• Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

  Sarah Palin

  America, Ruling, Great History

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