Quotes & Sayings About Life Begins At Conception

I am pro-life. I believe human life begins at conception. I also believe that embryonic stem cell research should be encouraged and supported. — Bill Frist

Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does. — Tertullian

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution. — Jay Leno

The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception. — Mario Cuomo

I do believe life begins at conception. The very first time I ran for election, I took out an editorial in the local newspaper and said 'look I am a democrat. (But) on this issue, because I see it as a human rights issue, if you wanted me to vote to promote that I wouldn't be able to do that. — Stockwell Day

The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception. — Marco Rubio

Life begins at conception, but allow early abortions. — Fred Thompson

The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth. — Barney Frank

People say life begins at conception, I say life began about a billion years ago and it's a continuous process. — George Carlin

In my world, you don't get to call yourself "pro-life" and be against common-sense gun control - like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, that was used recently in a Colorado theater. You don't get to call yourself "pro-life" and want to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency, which ensures clean air and clean water, prevents childhood asthma, preserves biodiversity and combats climate change that could disrupt every life on the planet. You don't get to call yourself "pro-life" and oppose programs like Head Start that provide basic education, health and nutrition for the most disadvantaged children ... The term "pro-life" should be a shorthand for respect for the sanctity of life. But I will not let that label apply to people for whom sanctity for life begins at conception and ends at birth. What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth. — Thomas L. Friedman

The Life at Conception Act legislatively declares what most Americans believe and what science has long known - that human life begins at the moment of conception and, therefore, is entitled to legal protection from that point forward. — Rand Paul

I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society. — Joe Biden

As an O.B. doctor of thirty years, and having delivered 4,000 babies, I can assure you life begins at conception. — Ron Paul

The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception. — Ashley Montagu

The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception. — Dick Gephardt

I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God. — Richard Mourdock

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification. — Michael Baumgartner

If life begins at conception, but you can be born again later, only to live on eternally after death, what's the big deal about anything? — Dana Gould