No woman should ever have to choose between maintaining a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.
Interpretation
Women shouldn't have to sacrifice their health or pregnancy for financial stability.
This quote speaks to the dilemma many women face when they must balance their health during pregnancy with job security. It highlights the need for societal and workplace changes that would allow women to prioritize their health without the fear of financial repercussions.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for maternity leave policies.
I work tirelessly advocating for gun violence prevention and promoting common-sense gun laws that could spare other parents the pain of having their child taken by senseless gun violence - laws the NRA's leadership has fought against relentlessly.
Whether it's racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia, xenophobia, religious intolerance or other bias - we demand to live in a country where we can be safe to be who we are, believe what we want and love whomever we want.
Background checks will never stop every criminal from getting their hands on a gun and every single act of gun violence - but the evidence is clear that it's the single most effective policy to help keep guns out of dangerous hands and save lives.
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome.
Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her.
I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were βI love you.β There were some who could no longer speak yet with their eyes and soft smile left behind that same healing message. I have been in rooms where those who were dying made it feel like sacred ground. (26)
When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.
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