“Just because something happens to be legal does not make it moral, ethical or right.”

Abortion is perhaps one of the most dramatic examples of a situation where something is legal, but is very much a sin against God.

Move too quickly and time will pass you by.

By now, abortion should be obsolete. And I – and probably a lot of other feminists – wish it were obsolete, because abortion, in itself, is not a value – it is simply the right to chose, which is an essential value.

I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.

Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

I’ll put an end to the idea that a woman’s body belongs to her. Nazi ideals demand that the practice of abortion shall be exterminated with a strong hand.

Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It’s as big a political issue as health care is.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.