“Birth control - individual choice, safe contraceptive methods, as well as abortions when necessary - is a fundamental prerequisite for the emancipation of women.”

—  Angela Davis

Source: Women, Race and Class (1983), Chapter 12, "Racism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights"

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American political activist, scholar, and author 1944

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