Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

Abortion prohibition by the State controls women and denies them full autonomy and full equality with men. The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman's life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself. When Government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg Contemporary

Supreme Court Justice

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On abortion rights and bodily autonomy

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