“I don't believe there is one woman within the confines of this state who does not believe in birth control. I never met one. That is, I never met one who thought that she should be kept in ignorance of contraceptive methods. Many I have met who valued the knowledge they possessed, but thought there were certain other classes who would be better kept in ignorance. The old would protect the young. The rich would keep the poor in ignorance. The good would keep their knowledge from the bad, the strong from the weak.” ShouldBelieveDoeStatesWould BeYoungCertainStrongPoorClassRichIgnoranceBirthMetsProtectWeakMethodDon't BelievePossessedOne WomanBirth ControlContraceptives Book:Crystal Eastman on women and revolution Source: Crystal Eastman on women and revolution
“I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.” MotherNextBornPoorDoorsBirthTablesKitchenKitchen Table Author:Mel Brooks
“No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.” GivingCountryDiesPoorBirthStarksGiving BirthDisparityPoor CountriesBirth Life Author:Liya Kebede
“The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.” GivingRealPoorBirthBirdStorks Author:Wilson Mizner
“The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with neither. And wealth, when there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy.” MenYearsWellsDoeDifferencesWealthPoorWifeBirthFairsFortuneCriedDescentMatrimonyUneasyYokeDischarge Book:Elizabethan Drama II Source: Elizabethan Drama II
“You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.” KnowsMindIdeasWarPoorBirthRateHopefullyDistractionTossExamBirth Rate Author:James Tiptree Jr.
“Before we make love my husband takes a pain killer. I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was, 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath'. For three years my husband and I slept on bunk beds. I'm a double bagger. Not only does my husband put a bag over my face when we're making love, but he also puts a bag over his head in case mine falls off. It's so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom. My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.” MenYearsLongDoeLightPainFacesMotherFallThreeSexPoorCasesMinesHe ManGoes OnBirthBedHusbandBlameForgottenTiesBagsMy HusbandThree YearsKillersMaking LoveBirth ControlBunkLove My HusbandBaggerBunk Beds Author:Joan Rivers
“The country with a low birth rate and low death rate will be hardest hit - and so the poor may indeed inherit the earth, because they're healthier.” MayCountryEarthPoorBirthLowsRateHardestBirth RateHardest Hit Author:William S. Burroughs
“My wish and hope, every year, is that people's life chances - their chances of having a happy, prosperous, healthy life for themselves and their family and friends - should not depend on accident of birth. It shouldn't depend on where you're born. It should depend on who you are and what you do. But it shouldn't depend on the chance and the luck of being born in the U.S. or in a poor village in Sub-Saharan Africa or India or wherever it may be.” PeopleShouldYearsMayWishBornChancePoorDependsBirthHealthyIndiaLuckWho You AreAccidentsVillageFamily And FriendsProsperousHealthy LifeMy WishWishes And HopesSub Saharan Africa Author:Michael Elliott
“Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them? But how can you change, by force or all of a sudden, an age-old habit? The only way is to plan births, by one means or another.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMeanChildrenUseAgePurposeForcePoorPlansBirthHabitDo You KnowSolePoor PeopleOld Habits Author:Indira Gandhi
“One of the major causes of poverty is a lack of family planning. Governments and nonprofit organizations need to encourage poor people to use birth control so that they don't have unexpected babies, which will only make poorer families poorer.” PeopleNeedsUseGovernmentCausesPoorPovertyBabyBirthMajorsOrganizationPlanningUnexpectedPoor PeopleBirth ControlNonprofitsFamily PlanningCauses Of Poverty Author:Philip Kotler
“UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women ... will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics.. Family planning should be left to the family.” ShouldBelieveCountryShowsFallOpportunityLeftI BelieveGrowthPoorPracticeStudyBirthGainsImpactRatePopulationCurrentsPlanningIncomeDevelopingEmpoweringFortyEarningTacticsIntimidationDeveloping CountriesPopulation GrowthFamily PlanningBirth Rate Author:Muhammad Yunus
“We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks.” GivingPoorBirthChristmasCelebrateTiesRacks Author:Bill McKibben
“We're living in an age of genocide. ...And we do believe that there is not only the genocide of war, and the genocide that took place with the extermination of the Jews, but the whole program....of birth control and abortion is another form of genocide.... [T]hey claim the poor are bringing forth tremendous numbers of children and so the solution is to kill them off.” BelieveChildrenWarWholeAgeFormPoorNumbersBirthSolutionsProgramClaimsJewHeyAbortionGenocideBirth ControlExtermination Author:Dorothy Day