[AVNevis]

Very useful quotes, especially the ones with the original feminists condemning abortion. I would like to see NOW try to justify some of these comments.

[Verax]

Thanks for posting.

I'll add my sig quote if you don't mind...

"Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated."

     - Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood President & Founder

[LiteKeeper]

Thanks for this compilation of quotes!

[Notwithstanding]

This is a great source, too.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abortion

I hope some of you will take the time to add these quotes to that website.

[Kevmo]

"While the deep concern of a woman bearing an unwanted child merits consideration and sympathy, it is my personal feeling that the legalization of abortion on demand is not in accordance with the value which our civilization places on human life. Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old.

"On the question of the individual's freedom of choice there are easily available birth-control methods and information which women may employ to prevent or postpone pregnancy. But once life has begun, no matter at what stage of growth, it is my belief that termination should not be decided merely by desire. ...

"When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception."


~Ted Kennedy, 1971