Parenthood Quotes

• I'm fortunate. I've always had medical care. I've always had access. I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

  

  Shonda Rhimes
  • Important
  • Care
  • Medical

• When you're 5 ft. 5 in., have a round Jewish face and wear glasses and refuse to wear contacts, you're going to get offered certain parts. People thought of me as the nerdy guy, even in non-nerdy parts like 'Parenthood.' I didn't feel the need to change anything I was doing - I embraced it.

  

  Rick Moranis
  • Anything
  • Parenthood
  • Embraced

• Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon us are raising millions of dollars in fund appeals by Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization for Women, Norman Lear's People for the American Way, and others who claim to believe that the religious Right is the greatest peril to American democracy since Joe McCarthy.

  

  Richard John Neuhaus
  • People
  • Believe
  • Christian

• Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.

  

  Cecile Richards
  • Illegal
  • Parenthood

• Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility in your hands is a little frightening, but it's exciting at the same time.

  

  Chris Bosh
  • Important
  • Responsibility
  • Realizing

• At Planned Parenthood, we see the impact of abortion stigma firsthand, in the women who delay getting reproductive health care because they fear they’ll be labeled and judged. We see the effect of stigma on doctors, health center staffers, and others who help provide abortion services. And we see the impact in laws that regulate and restrict abortion in ways that would never happen with any other medical procedure.

  

  Cecile Richards
  • Care
  • Helping
  • Medical

• Parenthood is so wild in its ability to put a mirror directly in your face and force you to look at yourself long and hard. What a challenge this is, but also what an exhilarating gift.

  

  Eva Amurri
  • Challenge
  • Force
  • Gift

• Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Children
  • Childhood
  • Grow

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