“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
“If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.” IfsI CanAbleRightsImagineBirthProtectPreservesPrivacyBirth Control Author:Faye Wattleton
“The tendency of organization is to kill out the spirit which gave it birth. Organizations do not protect the sacredness of the individual; their tendency is to sink the individual in the mass, to sacrifice his rights, and to immolate him on the altar of some fancied good.” SpiritIndividualRightsSacrificeBirthProtectMassOrganizationTendenciesAltarsSacredness Author:Angelina Grimke
“Humans became easy prey when they moved from the forest to the savanna, which deprived them of the option of climbing trees to flee predators. This shift made it necessary for the men to actively protect the women and their babies. Only as a result of this protection were women able to give birth in shorter intervals, perhaps once every two or three years. This meant that they could produce offspring about twice as frequently as apes. I would be willing to bet that this rapid reproduction is one of the reasons why we dominate the world today, and not the apes.” MenWorldGivingYearsHumansMadeTwoReasonWould BeTodayAbleThreeEasyResultsTreeProduceWillingHe ManBabyBirthProtectMovedProtectionForestsMade ItReason WhyClimbingThree YearsPreyRapidsDeprivedApesWorld TodayOffspringReproductionPredatorIntervalsClimbing TreesSavanna Author:Frans de Waal
“I'll protect and expand access to no-copay birth control and safe, legal abortion.” BirthProtectSafeAccessAbortionBirth Control Author:Hillary Clinton
“We should protect life but I'm not interested in anything that restricts birth control. And I'm not interested in anything that restricts in vitro fertilization because I think parents who are struggling to create life, to have a child, that is a wonderful thing.” ThinkingShouldChildrenParentStruggleWonderfulBirthProtectNot InterestedWonderful ThingsBirth ControlFertilization Author:Ted Cruz
“But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests. That we shouldn’t be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.” PeopleShouldPersonsGovernmentAmericaGivenInterestPrinciplesRightsTalentBirthCircumstancesProtectTrapped Author:Marco Rubio