It is essential to women's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “It is essential to women's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.”
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Ginsburg asserts the necessity of women's autonomy in decision-making.
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