“I want to … empower other women to go vegan to feel better about their body and to live a compassionate lifestyle. … I'm vegan for the animals. If you go into the factory farms, when you see what these animals endure and the torture, it's not right and the only way to not participate in that is to go vegan.”

— Bonnie-Jill Laflin

“Bonnie-Jill Laflin: Strong Vegan Woman, NBA,” video interview with PETA (25 July 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IT0K1OpYCo&t=3s.

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