37 Quotes by Faye Wattleton

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of areas in which we may find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know...

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don't know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is a signal of our ambivalence, a signal that we cannot say yes, it kills a fetus.

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.

Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way ‘Have a nice day’ cures chronic depression.

The influence of one’s parents is powerful and permanent.

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in – like her expectation that I’d be a missionary nurse in a religious order.

If we can’t preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can’t imagine what rights we will be able to protect.