Tony Campolo Quotes

I'm working with the March of Dimes to help make sure more babies have the chance of tomorrow.

I feel so privileged as a mom to be part of a significant organization like the March of Dimes that works hard to prevent prematurity and helps moms to have healthy babies.

Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction.

We must make children and families a national priority.

We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.

How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.

Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are struggling and that aren't well.

All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have a lot of concern about the numbers of women - and men, now - who are not getting the support that they need. There are not the families and the communities around that there used to be.

As a mother, the things that I wanted for my own four children, I want for all the children of France.

The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related.

There shall be no child in America, That has not been born under proper conditions; That does not live in hygienic surroundings; That ever suffers from under-nourishment; That does not have prompt and efficient medical attention.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

[Criticizing some anti-abortion groups:] They always want the children to be born, but they don't want to support them when they are born.

Children are born into a society in which they are not a priority.

It is terrible to reduce such an important social issue to this, but the truth is that prenatal care delivery and the first year of life on welfare costs taxpayers $4,000 a year compared with $250 for an abortion.

I quote the following statement which I saw the other day: "We have lost in all the wars waged in this country since the Declaration of Independence, 244,000 men, killed in battle, and in the past twenty-five years we have lost 375,000 mothers in child birth." Prenatal care in the early months is vitally important and we should do all we can to educate young mothers to go to a doctor if they can afford it, if not to a free clinic to be taught how care for themselves. This is necessary not only for mothers but the babies. With proper care before birth, a child will come into world stronger and healthier.

I think women have the right to consult their own wishes, needs, and capacities and produce only loved, wanted children they can care for - or even no children at all. I think we would all be better off as a society if we respected women's ability to make these decisions for themselves and concentrated on caring well for the born.

As a parent, I know I speak for millions when I say that every child deserves to grow up in a stable, loving home.

Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.

Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.

All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.

Modern technology gives us surprising glimpses into human development. It helps us plan for and celebrate new life.

No election is ever just about one issue, but I care a lot about women's rights and making sure parents have what they need to raise healthy kids. I always have cared, but having just had a child, I know how serious it is to be a mother. It's an incredibly huge challenge. You need support. You need resources.