Abortion quotes

“I had two heart attacks, an abortion, did crack... while I was pregnant. Other than that, I'm fine.”

Audrey Tautou - Amélie Poulain

Oh, I know what you're going to say. "If you kill the mother, the fetus dies, too". But the fetus is going to be aborted anyway, so why not let it go down with the ship?

Nathan Lane - Albert Goldman

“I'm gonna get an abortion and I can't wait!”
Mary Garlington - Lu-Lu Fishpaw

“Where can you get a reasonably priced abortion in this town?”
Lily Tomlin - Elle Reid

“- Cornelis Sandvoort: If it should come to a choice, let the baby go, I beg of you. In God's name, spare my wife.
- Dr Sorgh: Isn't that up to God?”
Christoph Waltz - Cornelis Sandvoort
Tom Hollander - Dr Sorgh

“- Megan: I'm pregnant.
- Tom: Congratulations.
- Megan: I thought you should know.
- Tom: You thought I should know?
- Megan: There's a chance it could be yours.
- Tom: Then get an abortion.”
Haley Bennett - Megan
Justin Theroux - Tom

“I slept in a few dumpsters. Maybe I slept on some babies.”

Laura Dern - Ruth Stoops

“- Nurse: Let me just ask you something, Ruth. Have you ever really taken the time to think about what it means to have an abortion?
- Ruth Stoops: It means that I don't have to go to jail and it means I don't have to have another baby and it means that I can start getting my life together ...
- Nurse: Don't you think that's all just a little...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joan Hennecke - Nurse
Laura Dern - Ruth Stoops

“- Kyle Broflovski: Hey, Mole, be careful.
- Christophe (The Mole): Careful? Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a clothes hanger while I was still in the womb?”
Matt Stone - Kyle Broflovski
Trey Parker - Christophe (The Mole)

“I had a late-term abortion, went into deep depression, got really into coke, moved to Florida for a year and made a bunch of B-movies for my Eurotrash boyfriend, who wrote and directed and made sure I got my tits out in every other scene.”
Toni Collette - Emily French

“- Diane: Listen, can I bum a cigarette?
- Alex Jurel: Diane, look, I don't think...
- Diane: Mr. Jurel, I just had an abortion. I think I'm old enough to smoke.”

Laura Dern - Diane
Nick Nolte - Alex Jurel

“- Bethany: You're not with the Fight-to-Lifer's?
- Jay: You mean those fucks with the signs and pictures of dead babies? Shit no. Me and Silent Bob are pro-choice. A woman's body is her own fucking business.”
Linda Fiorentino - Bethany
Jason Mewes - Jay

“- Jake Houseman: Was that what my money paid for?
- Baby Houseman: I'm sorry. I never meant to lie to you.
- Jake Houseman: You're not the person I thought you were. I'm not sure who you are.”

Jerry Orbach - Jake Houseman
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman

This world has been so heavy with all the right-to-lifers - "protect the lives of the unborn"; constitutional amendments - "when does life begin?"; or the converse, the end of life: the right to die. Why is life at this point in the twentieth century so focused upon the very beginning of life and the very end of life? What about the 80 years we... (continue)(continue reading)
Will Smith - Paul

“Since when do you go bowling?”

Judge Reinhold - Brad Hamilton

“Do I interfere when absolutely helpless women tell me they simply can't have an abortion - that they simply must go through with having another and yet another orphan? I do not. I do not even recommend. I just give them what they want.”

Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch

“- James Tucci: If you ever get her pregnant, Paulie...
- Charlie Tucci: Hey!
- James Tucci: I don't know why I'm thinking this because I know it's not going to happen, but if you did, I would give you the abortion, Paulie.”
Michael Imperioli - James Tucci
David Dundara - Charlie Tucci

“- Bobby C.: I have a friend. He's a very good friend, and he got a girl pregnant. And I wanted to know: if you had to make a choice between getting an abortion and having to get married, what would you do?
- Stephanie: Well, who would I have to marry?
- Bobby C.: You'd have to marry me.
- Stephanie: I think I'd get an abortion.”
Barry Miller - Bobby C.
Karen Lynn Gorney - Stephanie

“I know it's against the law. I ask you, what has the law ever done for this place?”

Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch

“- Det. Inspector Webster: You perform abortions, don't you?
- Vera: That's not what I do dear. That's what you call it. But they need help. Who else they got to turn to? No one. I help them out.”
Peter Wight - Det. Inspector Webster
Imelda Staunton - Vera

“- Bethany: I don't mean to sound ungrateful... but what are you doing hanging around?
- Jay: We're here to pick up chicks.
- Bethany: Excuse me?
- Jay: We figure an abortion clinic is a good place to meet loose women. Why else would they be there unless they like to fuck?”
Linda Fiorentino - Bethany
Jason Mewes - Jay

“- Dr. Cheevers: I don't mean to interfere, but I detect a certain uncertainty here. You know, there are tests we can do to determine whether or not...
- Veronica Quaife: I don't want tests. Tests can't guarantee anything. The baby could start off normal and then become... I want an abortion. I'll do it myself if I have to.”

Leslie Carlson - Dr. Cheevers
Geena Davis - Veronica Quaife

“- Dr. Wilbur Larch: She died of secrecy. She died of... ignorance. Homer, did you expect to be responsible for their children, you have to give them the right to decide whether or not to have children. Wouldn't you agree?
- Homer Wells: I'm not excepting people to be responsible enough to control themselves to begin with.”
Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch
Tobey Maguire - Homer Wells

“- Francis MacMillan: Did your husband leave you when you got pregnant?
- Claudia Draper: No, I had an abortion.
- Francis MacMillan: Why?
- Claudia Draper: I don't believe in childhood.”
Robert Webber - Francis MacMillan
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper