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is a woman’s ordeal. Regardless of what man’s attitude may be, that problem is hers — and before it can be his, it is hers alone.

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man’s attitude may be, that problem is hers — and before it can be his, it is hers alone. She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.

is an individual choice --- It is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce a woman into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.

is the means by which woman attains basic freedom.

is one the memories of whom are not profound, but they stay with you through life; memories of mother drying my tears, reading aloud, cutting cookies and singing as she did.

The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . . Memories of mother drying my tears, reading aloud, cutting cookies and singing as she did, listening to prayers I said as I knelt with my forehead pressed against her knee, tucking me in bed and turning down the light. They have carried me through the years and given my life such a firm foundation that it does not rock beneath flood or tempest.

is not free if unless a woman can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

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 E. Sanger