Abby Johnson Quotes

On this medical statement she was contradicted by the FDA, National Institutes of Health, the CDC, the AMA and every Obstetrical organization and association.

At that time Einstein was way out ahead of most of the world in the sense that in the following years, Europe, The United States and a large number of other countries ended up adopting precisely the policy that he recommended in 1929.

Portugal, a traditional Roman Catholic nation where the Church has always had great influence, had laws banning abortion. However, in a national referendum the Portuguese people voted overwhelming to allow abortion despite the Church’s stand. The Parliament then overwhelmingly passed a law legalizing abortion on demand up to the 10 the week of pregnancy. The President, though opposed personally to abortion signed the bill. This quotation illustrates a common occurrence in industrial democracies whereby politicians will not impose their personal moral views on the laws of society but may well have contrary personal views.

At the time of the debate, the average pregnant woman’s risk of death was much higher from delivery than for an early abortion.

Although abortion was illegal and condemned by virtually all elements of American society, it was practiced in numbers far in excess of anything that occurred after abortion had become legal. The economic and social pressure for abortion was the major driver of abortion then and has probably almost always been so.

The argument she made is that a woman should not be required to risk her life if she does not want to. Other than military conscription, there is no other aspect of American law whereby the society forces a citizen to risk their life.

On this issue she and her father disagreed.

The speech was given early in his career before he changed is position in 1980 to be Ronald Reagan's running mate. Bush's mother was the head of Planned Parenthood in Connecticut.