Author: Katha Pollitt

Quotes

A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg.

A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg.

- Katha Pollitt

Everyone will be happier if fewer women are tied to abusive men, drop out of school, and live impoverished lives because of a random pregnancy.

Everyone will be happier if fewer women are tied to abusive men, drop out of school, and live impoverished lives because of a random pregnancy.

- Katha Pollitt

Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.

Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.

- Katha Pollitt

The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.

The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.

- Katha Pollitt

Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.

Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.

- Katha Pollitt

Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it's not a good idea to bring them into the world.

Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it's not a good idea to bring them into the world.

- Katha Pollitt

Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.

Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.

- Katha Pollitt

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