No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood.
Margaret SangerRead
It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of contraceptives in preventing unwanted pregnancies and thereby reducing the instances of abortion and infanticide.
Margaret Sanger's quote highlights the crucial role that contraceptives play in addressing reproductive choices. She suggests that without access to contraceptives, society will continue to face the grim realities of abortion and infanticide, pointing to the need for better reproductive health education and resources as essential solutions to these societal issues.
Themes
ContraceptivesAbortionInfanticideReproductive RightsHealthcare
In practice
Example use cases
During a seminar on women's health, one might quote Sanger to emphasize the need for contraceptive access.
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No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.
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No one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions.
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A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not desired on the part of the woman and she has no response, it should not take place. This is an act of prostitution and is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding.
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War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted.
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