Assisted reproductive technology

There’s a lot of backlash women get for having children older but not men, which is interesting.

— Hilary Swank, to Drew Barrymore in a clip from an interview set to air Oct. 20 on The Drew Barrymore Show

from in love to let go in a week with no warning.

— Shivon Zilis, in a post on X announcing the end of her relationship with Elon Musk

I believe there had to be consequences after the trust had been so eroded.

— Omid Nouripour, Green Party politician, said on the ARD program Maischberger that there had to be consequences after the trust had been so eroded.

Right-wing nationalist circles such as the AfD are responsible for the campaign against me, partly backed by new right-wing media.

— Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, stating that AfD-aligned circles were involved in the campaign against her.

She wants a paternalistic state that, above all, knows what’s best for women and also for potential surrogates.

— Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, Leipzig-based professor; quoted in Die Zeit about the CDU/CSU's stance on surrogacy.

In this political environment, where this administration is denying reproductive care to women across the country, from abortion rights to the ability to carry out a healthy pregnancy, I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations,

— Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday in an interview about reproductive rights and leadership responsibilities.

I would pick out this guy, the one who recently insinuated that Angela Merkel must hang, and who lamented that Stauffenberg is no longer alive to carry out an attack on Friedrich Merz.

— Theo Waigel, in the context of his critique of the AfD and tougher action; quoted in Welt, originally from a Stern interview

For someone with such talents and such political strength, he will surely again assume a leading role at some point.

— Markus Söder, after a special session of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in Berlin