OK, I’m coming out of the closet. I’m pro-life. [View all]

[Jackpine Radical]

It is a fact that there are generally fewer abortions during Democratic administrations than during Republican ones, mostly because economic conditions are generally better for the 99% under Democratic policies, thereby giving people a greater sense of security and optimism that encourage them to have children. I vote for Democrats in order to reduce the number of abortions per year.

It is a fact that, wherever medical abortions have been illegal, desperate young women have brought incalculable damage and death to themselves, either seeking to terminate their pregnancies in illegal abortion mills or, unable to afford that, via the coathanger and Drano solutions. I vote for Democrats in order to protect the lives and health of these women by giving them safe alternatives.

I believe that the “pre-born” and their mothers deserve adequate health care, food, safety and freedom from damaging levels of psychological and physical stress in the months before birth.

My concern for the children and mothers does not end at the moment of birth. My version of the pro-life position is one that provides for maternal and child nutrition, health, education and safety when the children are outside the womb as well as before.

I believe abortions should be rare, safe and legal.

I am pro-life.