Faye Wattleton Quotes

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state
and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.

My mother was from Mississippi, or is from 'Mississippi;' my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama. They were really the poster children for the bad public laws that segregated, according to race, in our country.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.

I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don't know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is a signal of our ambivalence, a signal that we cannot say yes, it kills a fetus.

Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.

If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.

We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability among the workforce, among women - in the workforce among women.

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of areas in which we may find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know ...

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.

The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression.

We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether.

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.

I was raised in a very sheltered, narrow environment.