Posted by
Danny on Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:52:05 AM
My daughter is pregnant and she, her husband, and my wife were talking about pro choice abortion vs. "anti" abortion pro life. We are all against abortion, but some of us were open minded about pro choice for other women, except during late term pregnancies. I have come to the conclusion that my opinion comes down to Libertarian vs. Democrat / Republican. My reason for being pro choice is very different than a Democrat or a Republican. Democrats generally have no problem with the government telling us what to do with our lives and Republicans sometimes want to play God in other peoples lives. Who should make the choice of life or death for the unborn child, the mother or the government? Although I don't believe that death for the child is a good option either way, I believe that I am being consistent in not allowing the government to make that decision. The mother should always make the decision, otherwise who else would? ....The next door neighbor shouldn't, and the governement shouldn't. If we are going to allow the government to interfere with a mothers decision in this regard, than we cannot complain about the government interfering in all of the other areas of our life. Bottom line is....the Democrats have NO faith in people to make decisions in their own lives. The ironic thing is that the Democrats don't actually believe in democracy any more, while the Republicans still believe in the people to do the right thing....most of the time.