Nancy Northup Quotes

United States, Political Activist
1960

Nancy Northup is an American political activist. She is the President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a pro-choice organization, in New York City.

We talk a lot about how abortion is a medical procedure, but actually if you look at what the other side is doing, they're trying to legislate a very narrow, pretty extreme ideological worldview on the American people.

Nancy Northup
- Trying
- Medical
- Abortion
Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale.

Nancy Northup
- Decision
- Care
- Access

No one should be forced to delay health care because politicians have the audacity to presume to know what is best for a woman and her family.

Nancy Northup
- Health
- Care
- Knows
The religious hospitals would jeopardize their patients' lives rather than perform a medically necessary abortion is not mere speculation, it is documented fact.

Nancy Northup
Now, it is clear to the nation that there is an access-to-abortion crisis. We're going to win this case, and as a movement, we're going to go forward to make sure that there is equity in access.

Nancy Northup
- Winning
- Crisis
- Equity