Gloria Steinem Quotes

If you want to control human reproduction you have to control women’s bodies.

For women, access to reproductive health care isn't a political issue.

Reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right. We therefore oppose government interference in the reproductive decisions of Americans.

Choice is a uniquely female issue. We don't share the same reproductive systems.

It is not because woman is lacking in responsibility, but because she has too much of the latter that she demands to know how to prevent conception.

… the lack of access to basic family planning services and information undermines a woman’s ability to determine her own destiny. It also increases illness and mortality rates of women and their children, and inhibits the ability of families to climb out of poverty.

Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right and we can never take it for granted. On this issue, you're either with us or against us.

Birth control is the first important step woman must take toward the goal of her freedom. It is the first step she must take to be man’s equal. It is the first step they must both take toward human emancipation.

No government should dictate whether or when we should have children….Reproductive freedom is a basic human right.

With the development of the [birth control] pill, “womanhood” would no longer mean the same thing as “motherhood”.

I believe that reproductive rights are human rights, and they are nonnegotiable.

Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint.

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one.

For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.

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.

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.

A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education.

The public likes to think that women only care about contraception.

It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their grandparents would find themselves on the same side.

In order to stabilize human population growth, we must prioritize the education of girls, the empowerment of women, the provision of ubiquitous access to the knowledge and techniques of fertility management, and the continued raising of child survival rates.

Without going into a philosophical debate on the rights of the unborn, it is important to recognize the right of women to safe abortion. Even in the case of medically-indicated abortions, the pregnancy termination often results in maternal death, and may cause serious morbidity.

We support reproductive rights and will stand with women and men around the country to support keeping abortion and birth control safe, legal and accessible.