Cleo Fields Quotes

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

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

We all want abstinence. And if I knew how to get abstinence I would do whatever it takes to do that ... Given a choice between hearing my daughter say I'm pregnant or I used a condom, most mothers would get up in the middle of the night and buy them herself.

Well, I think that abstinence has its place as part of a comprehensive health and sex education curriculum. It would be wrong to exclude abstinence from a health curriculum, because there are some potentially very serious ramifications for early sexual activity.

If you have fewer teenagers having children, they could focus more on their vocational development.

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

We can win a war in 100 days but we can't teach our people how to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

I say that this is a dirty, filthy book, and the test of it is that no human being would allow that book on his table, no decently educated English husband would allow even his wife to have it…the object of it is to enable a person to have sexual intercourse, and not to have that which in the order of Providence is the natural result of that sexual intercourse. That is the only purpose of the book and all the instruction in the other parts of the book leads up to that proposition.

Those still in school and colleges have no business having access to condoms. I am not in favor of condoms.

I don't believe in birth control.

I think imparting sex education to children is important.

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'

Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.

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.

In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.

Contraception is satanic.

Let us develop an agenda for children that says we can do something about teen pregnancy. Let us make sure that parents are old enough, wise enough, and financially able to take care of their children.

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

Too many kids think condoms are nasty and vulgar, instead of as something that can save your life.

The best contraceptive in the world is a good education.

We must begin to shift the emphasis of teen-age pregnancy to teen-age boys.

I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices.

Most creative thing I've ever done? Got somebody pregnant.