Andrew Yang Policy on RIGHT TO PRIVACY/ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION

[Sherman A1]

In a perfect world, only those who are ready for and desire a child would become pregnant. But that’s not the world we live in.

Everyone has a right to bodily integrity, and more needs to be done to ensure that women have and maintain that right.

Access to birth control should be provided to all Americans. It should be the decision of each individual whether she wants to use it, not a decision made for her by her doctor, family, or where she lives.

Access to safe and affordable abortion services should also be provided to all Americans. Requirements placed by individual states on access should be subject to oversight by a board of doctors, not the whims of legislators who have no background on the procedure or even the basics of medicine.

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/right-privacy-abortion-contraception/

[Skittles]

1. he gets it right

or should I say left?

[MH1]

2. You left off - and I disagree with - his last paragraph

The two most effective ways to decrease the number of abortions are to provide every woman with access to contraceptives and to provide financial, emotional, and structural support to individuals who are financially struggling and become pregnant—Universal Basic Income would accomplish this for many prospective parents.

What I disagree with: UBI is neither necessary, nor sufficient to do what he says: "provide financial, emotional, and structural support to individuals who are financially struggling and become pregnant".

There are other ways to accomplish what is needed. UBI is a separate policy discussion. Not one that I am necessarily against, but I don't like that he introduced it into the topic of reproductive rights. Almost seems like a sneak attack. Almost a Sanders-like "just fix income disparity and we fix everything else" kind of mindset that avoids or steps on the real issues at the heart of the reproductive rights struggle.