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Family Planning Quotes

Voices on access, policy, and reproductive health.

These quotes address family planning as a subject of public policy — the Availability of reproductive health services and how it's said to affect families and communities. They present a range of stated positions on funding and access, quoted as said.

Natural Family Planning works and is as effective, and sometimes more effective, than the birth control methods out there.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S.

Quotes by Rosa DeLauro

There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact, from the moment they came into power, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women's health.

Quotes by Patty Murray

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.

Quotes by Nancy Keenan

Abortion Quotes

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

Quotes by Martha Plimpton

Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program.

Quotes by Louise Slaughter

From 2002-2008, Planned Parenthood received $342 million in federal taxpayer money through Title X funding alone. With these funds, Planned Parenthood has provided women throughout the U.S. with important family planning and contraceptive services as well as screening for breast...

Quotes by Lisa Murkowski

Every second, every day, every year, we fail to address demand for reproductive health and family planning services. Lives are lost, and girls' opportunities to thrive and contribute to their country's development shrink. These are real people.

Quotes by Jenny Shipley

Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.

Quotes by Jackie Speier

Alone Quotes

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

Quotes by Hillary Clinton

The problem of burgeoning population can be addressed if we begin with women itself. And, we need to educate them and spread awareness about birth control and family planning through TV channels and newspapers.

Quotes by Geeta Phogat

From China and India to Turkey and Brazil, when women have gotten access to education, to family planning and to a vital place in the economy, greater prosperity has followed. And when women are free to speak and learn, they...

Quotes by David Horsey

The evidence is pretty strong: if you have access to family planning and birth control, the abortion rate is going to go down.

Quotes by Bob Casey, Jr.

There are fewer unwanted pregnancies and fewer occasions where a woman is confronted with that decision if she has access to family planning and birth control. That's why I support Planned Parenthood; that's why I support Title X.

Quotes by Bob Casey, Jr.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these family planning quotes cover?
They address family planning as a public-health and policy topic — access to services, funding, and the argument that availability of these services affects health outcomes for women and families.
Why is family planning a recurring quote topic?
It's a subject people hold strong, publicly stated opinions on, so quotes from advocates, officials, and public figures get widely shared and searched. This collection presents those statements as quoted, not as a single position.
What specific claim do these quotes make about access to services?
Several argue that where women have Availability of family planning services, health outcomes for children and families improve — a claim attributed to the speaker, not independently verified here.
Is this the same topic as abortion?
They're related but distinct — this page focuses on family planning broadly, while more specific debate lives on the separate Abortion quotes page.
Do these quotes reflect one political position?
No single position — the quotes reflect what different speakers say they Believe about funding and access, and readers can weigh them on their own terms.

Related searches often lead to Abortion quotes, since the two subjects are frequently discussed together in policy debates. This collection sticks to family planning as its own topic.