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[dreamer_easy]

As you probably know, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin is staunchly pro-life. An SMH op-ed explains the importance of the issue to American voters, and notes that, with the Democrats pro-choice and McCain equivocal, "Until the announcement of Palin's candidacy, there was nowhere for a passionate anti-abortion voter to go." This means the Republicans have mobilised millions of anti-choice voters, making it crucial for pro-choice Americans to register and vote. This means you. Well, a lot of you, anyway.

McCain and Palin are both opposed to pregnancy prevention measures such as sex education. (McCain doesn't even know that condoms prevent the spread of HIV, for heaven's sake.) Instead, they favour abstinence-only education - long known to be ineffective, and abandoned by 25 US states, including Alaska.

Still in the US, Bush plans to introduce a conscience rule allowing doctors and other medical workers to refuse to provide or participate in abortions. "There are no provisions for assisting women who have been denied -- none," explains naamah_darling, who has further information about the new law and what you can do to oppose it - but you must act before 25 September.

Comments

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

they favour abstinence-only education - long known to be ineffective,

Yeah, one doesn't have to look any farther than Palin's own family to see that proven out.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Her personal choices -- to have five kids, to raise a kid with a developmental disability, to support her daughter in having a baby out of wedlock -- are her own personal choices. Nobody is advocating eugenics or mandatory smaller families. Sarah Palin has chosen what she wanted to do with her reproductive system, and that's all we want for all other women.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I was merely commenting on the efficacy of abstinence only education. Of course her choices are her own to make.