Cecile Richards Quotes

To be clear, any abortion that takes place is one too many. But if it has to take place, then I think it should be available, and it should be available in a safe way.

I still support Planned Parenthood personally because they do a good job providing health care for women, have for generations in my congressional district.

But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.

The point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we've always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.

It was outrageous that [Donald Trump] would be advocating [that] women who exercise their constitutional right and have autonomy over their healthcare decisions would be criminals, along with the doctors that served them. He did try to walk it back - I think pretty unconvincingly.

If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you-because you know how to perform them-have no choice, either

”I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question.”

85 percent of our counties do not offer abortions.

I will continue to work to maintain Planned Parenthood's ability to provide excellent health care to millions of women.

Women in America must be trusted to make their own medical decisions and have access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion.

Since 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' came out, I've done a fair amount of public speaking, and the two statistics that always make the audience sit up are that nearly one in three women will have had at least one abortion by menopause and 61 percent of women who have abortions are already mothers.

Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?

If Roe v. Wade were overturned tomorrow, nobody would even notice, because the states are legislating their own laws about abortion, completely independent.

I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

Why is it controversial that I chose to talk about my abortion? And the fact that I got an abortion when I was in a marriage and could have financially supported a child, why did I feel so much shame for that?

If one group of people say a woman has a right to choose, I get queasy because I'm against abortion. I don't think a woman has a frivolous right to choose. What I don't want is a desperate woman to die in an illegal abortion.

I will always fight to ensure Kansas families have access to the full range of health care services they need, including reproductive health care.

Planned Parenthood doesn't care about women's health care needs; it cares about abortion.

I have a nationally distributed film whose pivotal scene is the ultrasound-guided abortion.

In my twenties, I relied on Planned Parenthood as my health care provider - and throughout my time in the State House, I have fought for Mainers' reproductive rights.

I joined Planned Parenthood because I wanted to help poor women with real health care needs.

The only thing that will keep an abortion worker in the industry longer is a pro-lifer who condemns them.

The abortion industry and their workers are under unique pressure and constantly in the spotlight because abortion is so controversial, and people on both sides are considerably passionate. This isn't a typical nine-to-five job. It's on a whole other level of intensity.

When anti-choice men talk about abortion, you get the feeling they really have no idea what they're talking about - they haven't done even the slightest bit of research about how hard the choice really is and how painful the experience really is.