Gospel turned almost no one away from the Women’s Medical Society clinic. This is not meant as a compliment. Repentant Gospel employee Adrienne Motion testified he would perform abortions on any girls or women with no concern about the age of their babies. The only times she could recall Gospel refusing to perform an abortion was when somebody’s Social Security number couldn’t be verified. In those cases, Gospel was worried that the “patient” was an undercover cop.

— Ann McElhinney

It's an insidious twist of thought that leads one to demand women to give up their reproductive rights to force unwanted pregnancies but then, once birthed from the womb, to deny them access to necessities required for even a mediocre life like education, clean air, healthcare, and a fair wage. And these people have the audacity to call their position pro-life. These same people who bemoan the welfare state, yet refuse to require business to honor a fair wage, appear to want to create the very circumstances that they ceaselessly complain about. I dare say that by perpetuating this condition, by feeding the apparatus of poverty, they are satiating their narcissism. With poverty securely entrenched, these lucky few can sit back and smile with smug superiority. Because of course, they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, they worked harder, and they have earned what they have. It's a meritocracy, they say, if only by merit of their parent's color of flesh or social standing. So yes, let's churn out more children who will be unable to claw their way out of poverty, and if they just happen to defy the odds, let's brainwash them into believing this tripe called the American Dream so they will assist us as we throw their less fortunate siblings into the hungry machine of conservatism. Because we are really only interested in conserving the status quo.

— Michael Brewer

Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen... You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.

— John Irving