1,600

Average number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in Afghanistan.

World Health Organization

12

Average number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in US.

World Health Organization

28th

US rank among countries in the world in infant mortality.

World Health Organization

19:1

Ratio, in the US, of anti-abortion “pregnancy centers” to actual abortion clinics.

National Institutes of Health

37%

Percentage of Ivy League professors that believe abortion should be “legal” under any circumstances.

Center for the Study of Popular Culture

“No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consiously whether she will or will not be a mother.”

Margaret Sanger

“If ‘settled’ means that it can’t be re-examined, that’s one thing. If ‘settled’ means that it is a precedent that is entitled to respect then it is a precedent that is protected. ”

Associate Justice Samuel Alito clarifying his attitude toward judicial precedent

“The email itself is perfectly consistent with the boys’ unequivocal assertion that no sexual assault took place that evening.”

A lawyer representing the Duke Lacrosse player who wrote an email stating: “I plan on killing the bitches as soon as the walk in and proceding to cut their skin off [sic]”

“Because they generally become aroused less easily females are in a good position to help young men learn balance in relationships by keeping intimacy in perspective.”

From Sex Respect, Student Workbook, a textbook used for abstinence-only curricula

“If men got pregnant, there would be safe, reliable methods of birth control. They’d be inexpensive, too.”

Anna Quindlen, Newsweek columnist