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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Anyhoo, if Hillary was serious about it (greater efforts to prevent unintended pregnancies), than its probably the only thing I would ever giver her credit for. The thing is though, if she takes affirmative steps that haven't been taken before, its gonna be a whole lot of credit I'm giving her. The whole issue is just that troubling to me. Taking a softer tone and emphasizing reducing the basic demand for abortion (down 40% already in the last 10 years), is a great affirmative step for the Dems to do. If they were able to say that they are the only ones doing anything practical (i.e., that works), it would probably given them a pretty decent inroad into the cultural conservatives.
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I said this in another forum, and I'll say it here. I just want fewer unwanted pregnancies, which means I want a shitload of sex education at all levels (including, but not exclusively abstinance education) and an abudnance and readly availability of birth control.
In my perfect, rosy happy world, abortion would be rare because people would be properly educated about how to avoid pregnancy and they'd have the tools at hand to follow through on that education.
My problem is that I keep on running into people who want 1.) abstinance only sex education, 2.) elimination of the morning after pill, 3.) major restrictions on funding for family planning facilities AND 4.) elimination of abortion. They rely on 1.) to prevent unwanted pregnancies. And studies show that it doesn't work.
ETA: What do they do in Spain and Italy? They're very Catholic but they have some of the lowest birth rates in Europe.
