No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood.
Margaret SangerRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Abortion may be justifiable in certain situations, but the focus should be on preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Margaret Sanger emphasizes that while there are circumstances where abortion can be considered acceptable, the priority should be on preventing conception through effective contraception. By highlighting this, she advocates for better reproductive health education and access to birth control as the ultimate solution to reduce the need for abortions.
Themes
AbortionPreventionConceptionReproductive Health
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about women's rights and health care, this quote can highlight the importance of access to contraception.
More from Margaret Sanger
All quotes βIt is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.
Margaret SangerRead
No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.
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No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.
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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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