Roe V Wade Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Mother, Children, Caring

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• Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medical science.

  Fred Thompson

  Law, Wade, Medical Science

  "Did NBC Misrepresent Thompson as Being Opposed to Overturning Roe?" by Mark Finkelstein, www.newsbusters.org. March 12, 2007.

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• Roe v. Wade very clearly sets out that there can be regulations on abortion so long as the life and the health of the mother are taken into account.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mother, Taken, Long

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

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• Among the most famous of these Supreme Court cases of exercise of political power I believe are the cases of Roe V. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, two 1973 cases based on false statements which created a constitutional right to abortion.

  Sam Brownback

  Believe, Exercise, Two

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• It's quite a stark contrast between the candidates, in how they will change things for women. Hillary Clinton wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will protect Roe v Wade. [Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood.

  Natalie Portman

  Justice, Abortion, Want

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I want a Supreme Court that will stick with Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, and I want a Supreme Court that will stick with marriage equality.

  Hillary Clinton

  Marriage Equality, Wade, Want

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the second 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2016.

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• You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death.

  Norma McCorvey

  Book, Dignity, Natural

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• Fate handed Barack Obama the best of all political gifts - a dyspeptic, surly, spiteful opposition on the one hand and very unpopular financiers on the other - and he wouldn't come out punching, name names, or go for the jugular. It was as if while getting mugged by guys with brass knuckles, he turned the other cheek. He even jeopardized his pledge to preserve women's rights under Roe v. Wade in order to get a health care bill written by the corporate lapdog Max Baucus and the gang of revolving door mercenaries he hired to write a bill friendly to industry.

  Bill Moyers

  Writing, Fate, Doors

  Source: progressive.org

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• Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Eugenics, Growth, Population

  "The Place of Women on the Court". Interview with Emily Bazelon, www.nytimes.com. July 7, 2009.

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• As Harry Blackmun said when he wrote Roe v. Wade, `Once a child is born, the child has basic constitutional rights: due process, equal protection of the laws.'

  Nat Hentoff

  Children, Law, Rights

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• 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.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Errors, People

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• I was an avidly pro-life governor; I'm an avidly pro-life individual. As a pro-life Republican, I am in favor of having the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

  Mitt Romney

  Pro Life, Wade, Favors

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• I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade so I tried to do everything I could to minimize the need for abortions.

  Jimmy Carter

  Mother, Jesus, Believe

  "Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Abortion, Wade, Firsts

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• Well, let's see. There's-of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but...

  Sarah Palin

  Stupid, Believe, America

  "Palin, Biden Trade Views On Abortion". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. October 1, 2008.

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• This is probably as bad a day as the court has had on social issues since Roe vs. Wade.

  Jerry Falwell

  Religious, Humor, Issues

  "Conservatives condemn 'error of biblical proportions'" by Christopher Heredia, www.sfgate.com. June 27, 2003.

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• After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not.

  Karen DeCrow

  Abortion, Would Be, Birth Control

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• I will appoint men and women to the Federal judiciary who share my view of unborn children as constitutionally protected and who will unhesitatingly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. If nominated by my party, I will select my running mate from among a list of men and women fully committed to protection of the unborn.

  Gary Bauer

  Running, Children, Party

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• Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale.

  Nancy Northup

  Law, Decision, Wade

  "Federal appeals court upholds provisions of Texas abortion law" by Ariane de Vogue, www.cnn.com. June 9, 2015.

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• Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for many on the right, the sudden and relatively sloppily reasoned character of the abortion rulings... did real damage to the Court's reputation as a relatively neutral arbiter of legal disputes.

  Laurence Tribe

  Real, Believe, Character

  "Supreme Court in a no-win position on Obamacare?" By David Gergen, www.cnn.com. June 12, 2012.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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