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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I had a busy day so I am just now reading this.  Lots of great suggestions.  thanks and keep 'em coming!

I'm not attempting to change the outcome of the election.  At the most, I would like to convince some of the people closest to me that perhaps they can let go of abortion as a voter issue, and begin to educate themselves on other issues.  It used to make me angry that they would be in complete denial of every other issue.  Now it just saddens me because I now realize that they do this because they truly feel that it would be such a mortal sin to vote for a dem!

I just don't see how abortion could effectively be settled through law/government.  This is another example of how republicans claim that gov't should stay out of everyone's business...until they want gov't to control other peoples' lives.

I think most pro-lifers I know feel that exceptions should be made for rape/incest/mother's health.  In reality, how could this be done?

It's not that easy to prove rape, especially date rape.  Wouldn't we end up with lots of men being falsely accused of rape?  And what about statutory rape?  Lots of teenage girls have boyfriends who are not minors.  So these girls would be able to make the decision to abort, but a 30 year old woman could not?

At what point can a DNA test be done to prove incest?  I feel that abortion after 6-8 weeks should be very uncommon unless it is a medical reason, and I doubt that a DNA test could confirm incest that early.  But maybe I'm wrong.  So abortions due to incest would need to be later, which certainly won't be acceptable to the pro-lifers.

we would also end up with lots of doctors getting creative with their diagnosis so that a woman can abort.  Also creative language for abortion, such as "D&C due to irregular period."  And of course the issue of back alley abortions and border jumping will become major concerns.

This is very simplistic, but as far as education, I would compare it to smoking.  We knew we couldn't make it illegal to smoke, so the focus was on education.  Once the public was inundated with the facts about the health risks, the number of smokers began to drop dramatically.  I think this could happen with abortion if they could shift the focus to education.  and I think both sides could come together on that.  We pro-choicers certainly don't LIKE abortion.  Nobody does.  I would certainly like to see it become rare for a woman to need/want an abortion, and I don't know anyone who wouldn't agree with that!  [/quote]

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