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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Abortion in real life
Posted by Jill | 1:20 PM

One of the most fascinating posters at Daily Kos is "advisorjim", a self-described "former dittohead." He's been writing a series of eye-opening articles over there about how wingnuts think. Today he takes on abortion, writing about how his view changed when he actually knew someone whose life was being destroyed by an unplanned pregnancy at 15. It's must reading, no matter what side you're on. The crux of the matter:

I still want to stop abortions. I'd rather no one had them. But you do that by treating the real cause of abortion, and not abortion itself. Republicans like to say they're the party of personal responsibility, but when it comes to abortion they're only wiling to hold the woman accountable. It takes two to tango. If a pregnant woman knew strong laws existed to force the dad to provide for the mother and child financially, maybe we'd have fewer abortions. But strangely that's not a plank in the Republican Party's platform.


It's a must-read.
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