Alveda King Quotes

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience.

The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our party's historic commitment to protecting the powerless.

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb.

Planned Parenthood can't hide their sickening abortion business behind a 'safe, legal and rare' slogan.

Pro-lifers believe there are two victims in an abortion: the unborn child and the woman who felt that that was her best option.

I am opposed to abortion on demand, and I am opposed to the 1967 Act in Britain being transferred to the north.

Americans are waking up to the tragedy of abortions.

I happen to be pro-life.

I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God.

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

As a physician, I know that human life begins with fertilization, and I remain committed to ending abortion in all stages of pregnancy. I will continue to fight this atrocity on behalf of the unborn, and I hope my colleagues will support me in doing so.

I do not believe abortion should be legal.

I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

As governor of New Mexico, I would have - I signed a bill banning late term abortion. I've always favored parental notification. I've always favored counseling. I've always favored the notion of no public funds used for abortion.

All human beings have a right to life. Our unborn children are members of the human race. They're human beings, so they have a right to life.

I'm against abortion.

You know, Hillary Clinton's always saying how Republicans don't follow science? Well, they're the ones not listening to the scientists today, because doctors say that at 20 weeks that is a viable life inside the womb. And at that point, it's a life that we have the right to protect, and I think we should protect.

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I simply cannot vote for Senator Obama because he's not pro-life.

By rejecting abortion-on-demand, we can move our party back to the mainstream.

I tell you why I don't think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don't think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.

I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.

I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.