I remember being in 9th grade Civics back in Michigan and was required to write a term paper on pressing public topic of the day. This was just before Roe was decided and what did I pick? Abortion. My mother was horrified by my subject. My father just shrugged it off as my usual "stirring the pot".
I remember being in 9th grade Civics back in Michigan and was required to write a term paper on pressing public topic of the day. This was just before Roe was decided and what did I pick? Abortion. My mother was horrified by my subject. My father just shrugged it off as my usual "stirring the pot".
I wrote to the John Birch Society office over in Saginaw as well as to Planned Parenthood in Chicago and all sorts of other information sources. I interviewed doctors and nurses in the obstetrics field about their thoughts. I interviewed a variety of religious leaders on the subject. I even interviewed a classmate that had gotten pregnant and was shipped off to her Aunt's house so as not to cause a ruckus in the community.
I took all of this information and formed my own opinion that I carry to this day. Abortions are a necessary medical procedure and from my own research, the idea that anyone takes the decision to abort a pregnancy lightly is a bunch of BS. Oh, I am sure there are people that are that cavalier, but they are very, very few and very, very far between. Over my life I have encountered a number of women that aborted pregnancies for a variety of reasons. The bottom line from every one of them is that the decision continues to haunt them to this day. Not in necessarily a bad, debilitating way, just that there are reminders every so often about that decision. But they all said that at the time, it was the best decision they could make given their life situation at the time.
As John Anderson famously said, "I also think that that unborn child has a right to be wanted, and I also believe, sir, that the most personal, intimate decision that any woman is ever called upon to make is a decision as to whether or not she shall carry a pregnancy to term. And for the state to interfere in that decision, under whatever guise, and with whatever rationale, for the state to try to take over in that situation and by edict command what the individual shall do and substitute itself for that individual's conscience, for her right to consult her rabbi, her minister, her priest, her doctor, and other counselor of her choice, I think goes beyond what we want to ever see accomplished in this country if we really believe in the First Amendment, if we really believe in freedom of choices and the right of the individual."
The GOP claims to be all about "freedom" but ... only those freedoms of which they approve such as with lying and being complete mean and cruel assholes.
I remember being in 9th grade Civics back in Michigan and was required to write a term paper on pressing public topic of the day. This was just before Roe was decided and what did I pick? Abortion. My mother was horrified by my subject. My father just shrugged it off as my usual "stirring the pot".
I wrote to the John Birch Society office over in Saginaw as well as to Planned Parenthood in Chicago and all sorts of other information sources. I interviewed doctors and nurses in the obstetrics field about their thoughts. I interviewed a variety of religious leaders on the subject. I even interviewed a classmate that had gotten pregnant and was shipped off to her Aunt's house so as not to cause a ruckus in the community.
I took all of this information and formed my own opinion that I carry to this day. Abortions are a necessary medical procedure and from my own research, the idea that anyone takes the decision to abort a pregnancy lightly is a bunch of BS. Oh, I am sure there are people that are that cavalier, but they are very, very few and very, very far between. Over my life I have encountered a number of women that aborted pregnancies for a variety of reasons. The bottom line from every one of them is that the decision continues to haunt them to this day. Not in necessarily a bad, debilitating way, just that there are reminders every so often about that decision. But they all said that at the time, it was the best decision they could make given their life situation at the time.
As John Anderson famously said, "I also think that that unborn child has a right to be wanted, and I also believe, sir, that the most personal, intimate decision that any woman is ever called upon to make is a decision as to whether or not she shall carry a pregnancy to term. And for the state to interfere in that decision, under whatever guise, and with whatever rationale, for the state to try to take over in that situation and by edict command what the individual shall do and substitute itself for that individual's conscience, for her right to consult her rabbi, her minister, her priest, her doctor, and other counselor of her choice, I think goes beyond what we want to ever see accomplished in this country if we really believe in the First Amendment, if we really believe in freedom of choices and the right of the individual."
The GOP claims to be all about "freedom" but ... only those freedoms of which they approve such as with lying and being complete mean and cruel assholes.