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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 330808" data-attributes="member: 3926">It&#039;s a very disturbing issue that seemingly touches on every aspect of the human condition: biology, women&#039;s rights, social inequity, personal responsibility, the role of the government, privacy, religion, politics. I&nbsp; have read three comments made by three different people that make sense to me. &nbsp;Betty Friedman, one of the founders of the National Organization for Women, fought for abortion to be legalized. However, based on what I have read, she seemed to believe it should be rare and wanted factions on both sides of the issue to work together vis-a-vis sex education and making birth control available to make the need for abortion as rare as possible. &nbsp;Hillary Clinton, when she was in the senate, proposed a bill that would fund education efforts and birth control availability with the goal to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Republicans shot this down, unfortunately.&nbsp; There is also another woman, whose name I can&#039;t recall, who was the head of an abortion rights advocacy group and made an interesting comment. She said the pro choice movement was going too far in pushing for legalized abortions for any reason up until and including the ninth month. The mayor of my city recently advocated for this.&nbsp; Her opinion was that this extreme view of emboldened and provoked&nbsp; the other side. She observed that Europe doesn&#039;t have as strong and anti abortion political movement as the United States because most European countries have some restrictions on the procedure. Posters who live in Europe can tell me how true this is.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe if we had heeded Betty Friedan back on the 1970s, as well as Clinton,&nbsp; abortion would be legal but also rare. There most likely would be less abortions than when it was completely illegal.&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree with so many points the pro-choice says, but I&nbsp; find it disturbing because there is a unique life that is lost. It may be an undeveloped life, but still a life.&nbsp;&nbsp; Both sides could work together to make abortions rare, but the political system is too invested in exploiting issues and creating division and use it to distract from the corruption that exists.&nbsp; That itself is the root of so many problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimmy Todd, post: 330808, member: 3926"] It's a very disturbing issue that seemingly touches on every aspect of the human condition: biology, women's rights, social inequity, personal responsibility, the role of the government, privacy, religion, politics. I have read three comments made by three different people that make sense to me. Betty Friedman, one of the founders of the National Organization for Women, fought for abortion to be legalized. However, based on what I have read, she seemed to believe it should be rare and wanted factions on both sides of the issue to work together vis-a-vis sex education and making birth control available to make the need for abortion as rare as possible. Hillary Clinton, when she was in the senate, proposed a bill that would fund education efforts and birth control availability with the goal to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Republicans shot this down, unfortunately. There is also another woman, whose name I can't recall, who was the head of an abortion rights advocacy group and made an interesting comment. She said the pro choice movement was going too far in pushing for legalized abortions for any reason up until and including the ninth month. The mayor of my city recently advocated for this. Her opinion was that this extreme view of emboldened and provoked the other side. She observed that Europe doesn't have as strong and anti abortion political movement as the United States because most European countries have some restrictions on the procedure. Posters who live in Europe can tell me how true this is. I believe if we had heeded Betty Friedan back on the 1970s, as well as Clinton, abortion would be legal but also rare. There most likely would be less abortions than when it was completely illegal. I agree with so many points the pro-choice says, but I find it disturbing because there is a unique life that is lost. It may be an undeveloped life, but still a life. Both sides could work together to make abortions rare, but the political system is too invested in exploiting issues and creating division and use it to distract from the corruption that exists. That itself is the root of so many problems. [/QUOTE]

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