Quote Originally Posted by chromedome11
Abortion, as you will find, Aesop, is a very emotional and divisive subject. You say you just don't get it, that a woman should be able to control her own body. Anti-abortionists believe abortion is murder. The two sides will never find common ground.

On a more pragmatic basis, if you support a woman's right to choose, you need to elect more Democrats. It's as simple as that.

To elect more Democrats, the Democratic party is going to have to re-evaluate its policies. Rather than playing the victim card ("Bush stole the election"), they need to return to the party of Bill Clinton. Remember, "it's the economy, stupid".

The problem with the Democratic party is most of their policies don't work. They create dependency which leads to more poverty, not less. Only when the Democratic party honestly asks itself "What will get us elected?", and then implements the answers, will abortion remain a woman's right.

Now that I've hijacked your thread, I'll get off my soapbox.
lol I don't mind a little thread hijacking now and then. You're right about the pragmatical issue, the trouble for me is that I also agree with you about a number of the democratic party's policies so I have to appeal to the nature of everybody and not support one group or another.

I do understand that many people consider it flat-out murder and will never be able to see it as anything else, but if people are using that-presumably out of compassion-reason to stay against abortion then where is their compassion to the victims of rape or incest? And-generally speaking-the people who are against abortion are also against welfare programs and other services the government provides for those children that the pro-life folks say have to live. Personally I just can't see that as anything but cruel. You have to live, but after you're born you're on your own even though mommy didn't want you.

And here's the biggest thing. Logically this can't be stopped. It can be outlawed but it can't be stopped so by outlawing it we would be putting our women's lives into the hands of incompetents with coat hangers and I just can't see that as the better way to go.