Robert Casey Quotes & Sayings

“Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.”

“Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.”

“Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.”

“The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb.”

“Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society.”

“Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?”

“We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty.”

“From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.”

“My strong personal view, which I believe is shared by millions of Americans, is that our party should make a strong statement in its platform that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which should be protected.”

“Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution.”