"If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring a pregnancy to term, and the biological father does not, and cannot, share in this decision, he should not be liable for 21 years of support ... autonomous women making independent decisions about their lives should not expect men to finance their choice."

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Source : Letter to the editor by Karen DeCrow, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 1982.

Karen DeCrow

#Father Quotes #Pregnancy Quotes #Independent Quotes

“A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.”
“There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might, methinks, receive a very happy turn; and, if it were rightly directed, contribute as much to a person's advantage, as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet.”
“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.”
“My heritage will always be an element in my work but as I've written, traveled, and lived more, I've found that the questions and the search - for meaning, for "home," for tribe - consume me more than trying to crank out one identity or one homeland.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.”
“Ladies be seated, the party has only begun.”
“Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.”
“If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.”

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