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Originally Posted by Azure
See, I don't take that position.
Education is the way to solve this 'problem'.....and I wish more emphasis would be put into that, than telling pregnant teenagers that they don't have to take responsibility for their actions. Which is exactly what abortion has become for some.
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I agree with education but unfortunately many who are pro-life don't promote sex education and rather preach abstinence along with condonning all forms of birth control. Ideally, all kids would wait until they were in a loving committed relationship. Being a parent that would be my first choice. Reality is that kids are kids. Kids have hormones, peer pressure etc. and many learn todays social issues from friends not parents. Kids are going to have sex whether parents/adults/church members etc. like it or not.
Also, a large percentage of abortions as stated many times in this thread are from healthy parents who already have children that don't want more kids. This is a fact. These folks are well eductated on sex. Many want to believe the majority are from single parents, teens, street addicts, low lifes, sick mothers etc. but that's not the case.
Also, let's keep Obama/McCain out of this issue. It's not rocket science that Democrats = Pro-Choice and Republicans = Pro-Life minus the odd exceptions. The far left will also vote for their candidate and the far right will always vote the other way. The majority of the voters are in between and this is only one issue of many important to them. Right now I am guessing the economy and Iraq War is by far a bigger issue than abortion rights for the majority of the voters.