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If I were a Politician — Abortion

It has always been a rare occasion that I sit down to think and feel about what I believe. In fact, on many issues I still don’t know the best answer for me, personally. So, I’m going to try to figure a lot of this out in the next nine months before I graduate. Mainly, because I believe that a little knowledge and a strong opinion can be a dangerous thing. And I don’t want to be a danger to anyone. So, bare with me in this series I’m starting called, “If I were a Politician.” I work best when I use my imagination, so I am going to imagine myself in a role where I have to answer these questions. Please leave some constructive comments if you think you can be of some help.

“David Martin, what is your take on the abortion issue? Do you believe in women’s rights or are you pro-life?”

I beleive that abortion is legal, but I don’t believe that abortion is right. I don’t think that it is right for me or my family. I agree that it may be the best thing for the mother at that time, bit I don’t think that it is the best thing for the child being aborted, and I don’t think it is the best thing for our country. To me, when a child is aborted a future citizen is lost. That means one less person in my consituency that is helping to further growth. To me an abortion means one less person making a positive difference in this world.
I am a realist though, so I realize that abortion is legal, and I think that it probably should be that way. I do, however, think it is very sad that there are so many abortions today. This nation as a whole has come a long way to expand a woman’s rights, a woman’s options, and a woman’s responsibilities. People are fighting so hard to give a woman “a right to choose,” but they fail to bring to our attention a woman’s responsibility to choose. I believe that with every right and every privilge comes a responsibility. Women have fought hard to be in control of their bodies, so I say control them. Women have fought hard to have more reproductive options, so use them. If circumstances truly are out of your control as in a rape situation, then perhaps it is best for you to abort your baby, but we should not be needlessly excercising a hard earned right, just because we have not used these new found powers over our bodies. Now, because I do not have the support or the wherewithal to change the law I will instead challenge women to take more responsibility in their sexual roles so that they do not have to exercise this right to abortion.

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