Abby Johnson Quotes

Contraception has to be available for anybody who needs it.

Facts have never made any difference to birth control opponents, because in their minds, the use of contraceptives is itself irresponsible and immoral.

Birth Control - The Silent Abortion. "Pro-life" women using an oral contraceptive are committing abortions on themselves.

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

We’ve come a long way from more than a century ago when contraception was illegal, to today when—for the first time—all women may have access to free Birth Control…. It’s a personal choice, whether or not to use methods like “the pill.” But it’s to society’s great benefit to make sure every woman has this option.

Bottom line: Contraception does not reduce abortion.

Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily.

Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.

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

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.

I am not the only Catholic girl in the world who uses contraception.

I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.

Contraception is a couple's issue.

When I look at 225 million women who want contraceptives, and then I look at the 52 million unintended pregnancies that could be avoided by addressing this unmet need, where can we have the biggest impact with our voice, our dollars, our partners? It's on contraceptives. I would rather address the problem upstream.

It is common sense that when women are able to plan their pregnancies, populations grow more slowly and as a result so do greenhouse gas emissions. Providing access to contraception and preventative health should be one of the many effective strategies used to fight climate change.

Leaders who forbid their followers to use effective contraceptive methods express a preference for "natural" methods of population limitation, and a natural method is exactly what they are going to get. It is called starvation.

Contraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.

And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control.

In the United States, there's definitely some controversy about birth control in general, and I think we needed to split the debate and have people realize that we actually agree as a country about contraceptives. Over 93 percent of American women say they use contraceptives, and they feel very good about it.

I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.

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.

Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own.