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~No woman can call herself
free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free
until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.
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-Margaret Sanger
Woman and the New Race, 1920
Ch. VIII, Birth Control; A Parents' Problem or Woman's?
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Dear Sir:
You ask me how I stand on abortion. Let
me answer forthrightly and without equivocation.
If by abortion you mean the murdering of
defenseless human beings; the denial of rights to the youngest of our citizens;
the promotion of promiscuity among our shiftless and valueless youth and the
rejection of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness-then, Sir, be assured
that I shall never waver in my opposition, so help me God.
But, Sir, if by abortion you mean the
granting of equal rights to all our citizens regardless of race, color, or sex;
the elimination of evil and vile institutions preying upon the desperate and
hopeless women; a chance to all our youth to be wanted and loved; and, above
all, that God-given right for all citizens to act in accordance with the
dictates of their own conscience-then, Sir, let me promise you as a patriot and
a humanist that I shall never be persuaded to forgo my pursuit of these most
basic human rights.
Thank you for asking my position on this
most crucial issue and let me again ssure you of the steadfastness of my stand.
Mahalo and Aloha Nui.
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-Unknown, a letter distributed by staff members
of the Hawaii State Legislature
"Defining Abortion a Tricky Business," Honolulu Advertiser, 14 February
1970
(cf. DRINK:Sweat)
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