I believe that there is a lot of money being raised to fan the flames around the abortion issue. The only ones to benefit are the fund-raisers and politicians. Politicizing this issue isn't helping anyone.
We need leaders who, as you say respect both sides, because they are both right. I think Nikki Haley spoke to this in the first debate…
I believe that there is a lot of money being raised to fan the flames around the abortion issue. The only ones to benefit are the fund-raisers and politicians. Politicizing this issue isn't helping anyone.
We need leaders who, as you say respect both sides, because they are both right. I think Nikki Haley spoke to this in the first debate very well.
I would vote for anyone who says they personally don't have the answer on policies and believes we need a coalition of relevant voices to help form policy. There are many questions to answer to prevent unintended consequences. For example:
1) We need to consider the precedence set by limiting a doctor's choices. For example, if it is okay for laws to limit the use of abortion as a procedure, doesn't it then become okay for laws to limit other procedures. There are other procedures which involve the decision of risking one individual's quality of life (or worse) for another, e.g., donating stem cells, bone marrow, or organs?
2) How about considering that a doctor pledges an oath to do no harm. Maybe policy should respect that a professionally trained doctor and supervisors are more prepared to make decisions on a case by case basis than a bunch of politicians on a broad basis.
3) How about considering that a policy that everyone agrees to (e.g., XX weeks) should apply to the use of tax dollars for abortion but not to private funds or donations.
4) How about a law that requires diverting all the money raised, to make abortion political, to research alternatives to abortion for unwanted pregnancy, e.g., preventing pregnancy through education, mental health care, etc.
And there are many more good questions to explore once we embrace that both sides of this issue have a point.
I believe that there is a lot of money being raised to fan the flames around the abortion issue. The only ones to benefit are the fund-raisers and politicians. Politicizing this issue isn't helping anyone.
We need leaders who, as you say respect both sides, because they are both right. I think Nikki Haley spoke to this in the first debate very well.
I would vote for anyone who says they personally don't have the answer on policies and believes we need a coalition of relevant voices to help form policy. There are many questions to answer to prevent unintended consequences. For example:
1) We need to consider the precedence set by limiting a doctor's choices. For example, if it is okay for laws to limit the use of abortion as a procedure, doesn't it then become okay for laws to limit other procedures. There are other procedures which involve the decision of risking one individual's quality of life (or worse) for another, e.g., donating stem cells, bone marrow, or organs?
2) How about considering that a doctor pledges an oath to do no harm. Maybe policy should respect that a professionally trained doctor and supervisors are more prepared to make decisions on a case by case basis than a bunch of politicians on a broad basis.
3) How about considering that a policy that everyone agrees to (e.g., XX weeks) should apply to the use of tax dollars for abortion but not to private funds or donations.
4) How about a law that requires diverting all the money raised, to make abortion political, to research alternatives to abortion for unwanted pregnancy, e.g., preventing pregnancy through education, mental health care, etc.
And there are many more good questions to explore once we embrace that both sides of this issue have a point.