Quote by Lisa Edelstein

Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?

Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley ab

Summary

This quote highlights the concern about the Republican Party's efforts to limit access to women's health services. It draws attention to the grim reality women faced in the past when they resorted to unsafe methods like back-alley abortions due to lack of legal and accessible options. The quote questions the intention behind these restrictive bills, suggesting that they could lead to a regression in women's reproductive rights and healthcare, effectively pushing them back to the dangerous situations they fought to escape.

Topics

Health

By Lisa Edelstein

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearl

Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. I have better than got it, John.

Charles Dickens

Wealth Humility

Some find that they are content with little, while others fi

Some find that they are content with little, while others find that they want much, much more. Still others create and manifest many things, only to later discover that it was the creation which brought them greater joy and satisfaction, more so than the actual possession or enjoyment of those creations.

Stephen Richards

Money Cosmic Ordering Law Of Attraction Manifestation Manifesting Mind Power Stephen Richards Wealth Creation Wealth

This notion is more clearly understood by asking What do I k

This notion is more clearly understood by asking What do I know?.

Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Enlightenment

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. Th

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Politics

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Jerry B. Jenkins

Dreams

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small on

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

Knowledge

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.

Jonathan Carroll

Science

. . . pledging eternal hostility toward poverty, racism, and

. . . pledging eternal hostility toward poverty, racism, and militarism.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Commitment

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Clifton Fadiman

Quotations

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, n

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.

Henry David Thoreau

Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two,

Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends.

Francis Quarles

Life Man Glory Theend

I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experien

I've been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.

Sports