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I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.


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We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.



You can't educate a child who isn't healthy, and you can't keep a child healthy who isn't educated.

You can't educate a child who isn't healthy, and you can't keep a child healthy who isn't educated.



It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school.

It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school.



Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.

Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.



We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education.

We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education.



I've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!

I've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!



You can't educate people that are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated.

You can't educate people that are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated.



Given a choice between hearing my daughter say "I'm pregnant" or "I used a condom", most mothers would get up in the middle of the night and buy them herself.

Given a choice between hearing my daughter say "I'm pregnant" or "I used a condom", most mothers would get up in the middle of the night and buy them herself.



If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones.

If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones.



As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else.

As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else.





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