Elizabeth Banks Quotes

I would like to ask each of you: Would you be in favor of some kind of education on birth control and if so, how would you use that as a possible solution to the ever present question of abortion.

Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions.

Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy.

Contraception really shouldn't be all that controversial because it's a tool a woman can use to delay her first birth until she's, say, 18 or 19 years old.

Is it a recent occurrence that women have tried to control when and if they reproduced? Absolutely not. By 2000 B.C., there was worldwide use of herbal potions to prevent pregnancy. Condoms were made from animal bladders.

Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.

We're more effective than birth control pills.

If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies.

I feel very strongly about contraception even though I know people say that, as a good Catholic girl, I shouldn't. But I disagree because I think one of the keys to women's progression in the 20th century is being able to control their fertility.

The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.

My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.

Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.

35 percent of U. S. births in the last 5 years were the result of unintended pregnancies …. That’s no surprise given recent efforts to reduce access to birth control, sex education, and abortion in this country.

I want guys out there to think when they are in the magic moment of lovemaking that if this woman gets pregnant, I'm going to be on a financial hook for the rest of my life.

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.

There is something mindboggling about telling a girl that she’s old enough to be pregnant but not old enough to use birth control.

The U. S. Agency for International Development has found that in every nation where information about contraception and access to methods of birth control are available, abortion rates decline

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.

Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision makers.

I don't believe in birth control.

Bottom line: Contraception does not reduce abortion.

So we want to free the women of America? You know what would free the women of America? Make men accept responsibility for birth control.

Contraception is a couple's issue.