No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.
Rabbi Sofar, 19th century
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It is not the quantity of life that you create but the quality of life that you
nurture.
Rabbi Shira Stern, 12/90
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Representative Carl Gunther, (D) Deville, a farmer, said that even in
the case of incest, a pregnancy should not be interupted.
"Inbreeding is how we get championship horses."
     New Orleans Times Picayune 6/28/90 on LA anti-abortion law
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In time, I would learn ... that people don't ask permission when they
are going to have an abortion.  They may share the information with
someone they trust in the hope of being supported in their decision,
but the decision itself is so uniquely and primarily personal that
notions of "consultation" and "approval" ultimately have no bearing.
     from _No_Turning_Back_ by Barbara Ferraro and Patricia Hussey
      Two former Sisters of Notre Dame that held out against Vatican
      pressure to retract a statement supporting Geraldine Ferraro's
      pro-choice stand.