Faye Wattleton
Faye Wattleton
Faye Wattletonis the first African American, the youngest president ever elected to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the first woman since Margaret Sanger to hold the position. She is best known for her contributions to the family planning and reproductive health, as well as the pro-choice movement...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth8 July 1943
CitySt. Louis, MO
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Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.
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Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.
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We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether.
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If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.
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I have never believed in the impossible.
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American teens have the worst of all worlds ... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by and large sexually illiterate.
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Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.
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As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of areas in which we may find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know...
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Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.
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My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.