“If you want to prevent abortion, you need to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Men seem unable (or unwilling) to admit that they cause 100% of them.”— Gabrielle Blair, humanparts.medium.com
“The idea that if women simply followed medical advice to the letter, they would avoid miscarriage, is entirely false.”— Jessica Zucker, health.com
“Pregnancy can sometimes be an uncertain and stressful period in the best of circumstances. But during a pandemic, that anxiety can quickly multiply. Researchers are working quickly to learn more about what the new coronavirus — as well as its impact on our daily lives — means right now for people wh…”— Catherine Harmon Courage, npr.org
“Assisted reproductive technology gives women hope, but it’s no magic wand. I have learned this the hard way.”— Ruthie Ackerman, nytimes.com
“The true ending to my story will be when my traumas find a purpose — specifically, helping others who are going through their own trauma and feeling hopeless and alone.”— Melissa Lafsky, medium.com
“I'm just gonna go ahead an nip this thing in the bud. Cuz you know, they say pregnancy often leads to, you know... an infant”— Diablo Cody, Juno MacGuff, Ellen Page, imdb.com
“Are you having boy troubles? Because I gotta be honest with you; I don't much approve of dating in your condition, 'cause well... that's kind of messed up.”— Diablo Cody, Mac MacGuff, J.K. Simmons, imdb.com
“I'm sorry... And if it is any consolation, I have heartburn that is radiating in my knee caps and I haven't taken a dump since Wednesday... morning!”— Diablo Cody, Juno MacGuff, Ellen Page, imdb.com
“Wilma Flintstone: Look at me Fred, I'm calm. Fred Flintstone: Why shouldn't you be? Your wife isn't having a baby.”— William Hanna, Fred Flintstone, Alan Reed, imdb.com
“Margaret Thompson: I'm pregnant. It's yours. You can do what you choose. Plans or no, I won't hold you to them. But say what you want, as long as it's the truth. Owen Sleater: The truth? [pause] Well, I'd like it to be a boy.”— David Flebotte, Margaret Thompson, Kelly MacDonald, imdb.com
“Eric: So you took up plumbing when we were pregnant with Simon? Annie: No, electrical and plumbing was Mary, Simon was ethnic cooking.”— Brenda Hampton, Annie Camden, Catherine Hicks, imdb.com
“Eric: Well, first the egg travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus where it attaches to the wall... Red: Eric, for God's sakes, that's no language for a woman to hear!”— Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Red Forman , Kurtwood Smith, imdb.com
“Eve Baxter: Stick around. You'll learn something about the world. Mandy Baxter: I know all about the world. I was already in it while you were still busy ruining Mom's body.”— Vince Calandra, Mandy Baxter, Molly Ephraim, imdb.com
“Murphy: How can I go through delivery without my Lamaze coach? Miles Silverberg: I called your house for hours, but there was no answer. So finally I just drove over to leave 'em a note. I heard your phone ringing and I thought it might be him, so I broke one of the windows to let myself in, they ba…”— Korby Siamis, Miles Silverberg, Grant Shaud, imdb.com
“Murphy: [in labor] Jim, cut me open! Cut me open and get this kid out of me! Use a scalpel, use a pocket-knife, use a rotten, stinking melon-baller if you have to, just do it! [Corky comes in with a plastic cup] Corky: Here's some ice cubes, Murphy. Can I put some in your mouth, I see your hands are…”— Korby Siamis, Murphy Brown, Candice Bergen, imdb.com
“I already know how to breathe and I am the last person who needs lessons on how to push.”— Steven Peterman, Gary Dontzig, Murphy Brown, Candice Bergen, imdb.com
“They say the first is the hardest. Second pregnancy’s worse in ways. You know the pain at any moment is less than what’s coming. You know any potential complications. Might have been through some. And you know the moment that tiny thing comes into the world, you’re weaker because you would die for h…”— Kate Erickson, Madison Clark, Kim Dickens, imdb.com
“Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay in our mother's wombs, and then there would be nobody in the world but a great number of very fat, very irritated women.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com