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forestpath

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51. My #1 issue is abortion rights, also. So I will just say this. If your girlfriend (who may have

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 10:32 PM

Dec 2012

already pointed this out to you but it can never be said enough, IMO) became pregnant and needed an abortion to preserve her health, almost all Republicans believe in denying her that right. If she needed an abortion to save her life, a large portion of Republicans believe she should die.

If that isn't enough to distill the issues into one very simple matter of life and death, I don't know what would.

Please keep listening to your girlfriend.

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