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Common ground, I hope
Hard "pro-lifers" and hard pro-choicers will never agree on abortion. But, with a little flex on both sides, perhaps something like this might work?
From the ProChoiceAmerica.org site, a letter by Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL. Watch the wrap:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/takeaction/loader.cfm?url=/
commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=16398
An excerpt:
"We will never resolve our differences on this basic question. But we should agree on an equally fundamental point: America would be a better country if no woman ever faced the difficult choices posed by an unintended pregnancy. What better way to end the debate over abortion rights than by eliminating the reasons women seek abortion?
"The time has come to join together in a new campaign to reduce the number of abortions. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid – who disagrees with us on the issue of abortion – has offered a commonsense bill called the Prevention First Act which would help reduce unintended pregnancies through better access to birth control."
And the senator's bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:20:./temp/~c1096XqgZg::
I can't help remembering those stats that show the number one thing that reduces abortions is secure jobs for mothers and fathers. (The cynic expects the "pro-lifers" to come up with a reason this proposal won't work. The optimist keeps trying.)
From the ProChoiceAmerica.org site, a letter by Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL. Watch the wrap:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/takeaction/loader.cfm?url=/
commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=16398
An excerpt:
"We will never resolve our differences on this basic question. But we should agree on an equally fundamental point: America would be a better country if no woman ever faced the difficult choices posed by an unintended pregnancy. What better way to end the debate over abortion rights than by eliminating the reasons women seek abortion?
"The time has come to join together in a new campaign to reduce the number of abortions. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid – who disagrees with us on the issue of abortion – has offered a commonsense bill called the Prevention First Act which would help reduce unintended pregnancies through better access to birth control."
And the senator's bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:20:./temp/~c1096XqgZg::
I can't help remembering those stats that show the number one thing that reduces abortions is secure jobs for mothers and fathers. (The cynic expects the "pro-lifers" to come up with a reason this proposal won't work. The optimist keeps trying.)