Merle Hoffman quotes
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“The act of abortion positions women at their most powerful, and that is why it is so strongly opposed by many in society. Historically viewed as and conditioned to be passive, dependent creatures, victims of biological circumstance, women often find it difficult to embrace this power over life and death. They fall prey to the assumption, the myth, that they cannot be trusted with it.”
-- Merle HoffmanSource : Merle Hoffman (2012). “Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room”, p.59, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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“The act of choosing whether or not to have a child is often an act of love, and always an act of survival.”
-- Merle HoffmanSource : Merle Hoffman (2012). “Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room”, p.75, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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“Every day we bear witness to each woman's knowledge of holding the profound power to decide whether or not to allow the life within her to come to term. The sharing of those moments makes abortion work sacred.”
-- Merle Hoffman
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
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“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”
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“Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.”
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Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.109, A&C Black
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