Hillary Clinton's positon on abortion for the democratic party

[seabeyond]

[53tammy]

1. found this on Upworthy today

love Jess Delahanty comment on youtube,
"Can I get you some water for that burn, Congressman?"

[seabeyond]

2. lol. ya. that is where i got it. that is a very good site. i have been enjoying it

the last couple weeks.

[Protalker]

3. This is a leader and fighter

Clear concise logic and great delivery.

[ismnotwasm]

4. Wow

Excellent.

[Control-Z]

5. Yeah. Except with the "rare" crap.

I understand why it became a pro-choice talking point. But it is BS. It is the unwanted pregnancies that should be rare - through education and birth control.

A safe (and legal) abortion should be available to every woman who wants one. Period.

[ismnotwasm]

6. Yeah

That's just a bone that's tossed out for political expediency.

[BrotherIvan]

7. Saying it clearly, strongly, accurately -- this is how you beat them

Her work for women and girls has been stellar. I truly admire how Sec. Clinton makes the excellent argument that if you really care about lowering the rates of abortion, you MUST provide education, contraception and care. She didn't garble about God here *cough*, she said plain and simple that women's reproductive RIGHTS include the right to an abortion.

Most fucking excellent.

[GeoWilliam750]

8. I remember when she said this and thought it well said

It is my observation that when women make well-informed decisions about themselves and their bodies, those decisions overwhelmingly tend to be good ones. Not only do women themselves benefit from their better choices, but so does everyone else they know.

Perhaps I am wrong, but it would seem that one of the two of the most important elements of making a better world for everyone would be a thorough and dispassionate sex education - possibly from the age of 10 or 12 - including issues of sexual violence. Knowledge IS power. The second would be readily - and freely - available contraception and family planning. The cost of doing so is modest, and the gains to society are potentially enormous in so many ways.

In some ways, it may be appropriate to think of these as akin to vaccinations - tiny up-front costs with an order of magnitude (or two) benefit in the future. It would seem to me that healthy, happy, empowered people have a very good chance of making the world better for everyone - including me (and even Republicans).

In this way, we can eliminate the need for most abortions.

Opposition to the above would seem to be a bald-faced attempt to inflict power on the weak, an attempt to extract submission from the defenseless for the sheer pleasure of domination.