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Again, better sex education and freely available contraceptives are the most effective and fair means to cutting down on abortions.
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I agree with this, but Palin unfortunately does not. She thinks that sex education is a bad thing. I simply cannot understand that perspective. I mean obviously the abstinence only teaching method worked great for her daughter right?
To me, abortion has no place in politics, and it is silly to make it the number one thing to choose a candidate for. It completely polarizes people, and makes them focus on something that has little to do with our country and it's development. Basically you focus on abortion much moreso than actual issues. It seems as if somebody like that might be perfectly fine choosing a president who destroys this nation, as long as he/she doesn't support abortion.
That is the main problem I have with this issue in politics and voting. I agree that it should be something that the state and local governments decide, because if you look at New York City or New Jersey and compare it with Texas or Georgia, you will find very different political views and religious views. Why should both have to conform to the same ideology?
One other point I'd like to make about this, is that this country was founded on religious freedom. Why should that be restricted to force everyone to conform to the Judeo-Christian standard? By not allowing abortion, you do exactly that. Why should non-religious and other religions have to follow the Christian guidelines? While I understand why Christians are against abortion, these rules should only apply to Christians (not legally, just in the church). If you are against abortion, then you shouldn't get one. If you support abortion you should be able to. That's how freedom works. When you get fuzzy about the separation of church and state you are going against everything this country was founded on.
Now, personally I wouldn't want to have an abortion done, besides in rape, incest and health problems, but I think people should still have the choice. I also believe that you need to make the decision right away. None of this 2nd and 3rd trimester stuff besides with health issues. You need to decide when the baby is first conceived, not wait a few months and change your mind.