If men were equally at risk from this condition--if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage c...irrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains--then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely ...offensive.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When a subject is highly controversial ... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opin...ion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... to be successful a person must attempt but one reform. By urging two, both are injured, as the average mind can grasp and assi...milate but one idea at a time.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If I could be the "condom queen" and get every young person who engaged in sex to use a condom in the United States, I would wear ...a crown on my head with a condom on it! I would!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think if a woman has a right to an abortion and to control her body, then she has the right to exploit her body and make money f...rom it. We have it hard enough. Why give up one of our major assets?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »