“If you believe that abortion should only be permissible in cases of rape or incest, don’t pretend it’s about ‘life’. If it’s ok so long as she was raped, what you’re saying is that women should be punished for consenting to sex by forcing them to give birth.”— Laurie Penny, twitter.com
“Abortion is a consent issue. How could it be anything else? When a person is compelled by the state to bear a child against her will, that is a monstrous violation of her consent, her dignity and her autonomy.”— Laurie Penny, twitter.com