Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.

In the face of so much pain, I remain an incurable optimist. I am fueled by the passion of the women I have been privileged to meet and work with, buoyed by their hope for peace, justice, and democracy.

I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.

I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

I always had a decent sense of outrage.

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.