Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Obama's middle road on abortion?

HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE (SLATE.COM) DISCUSSING THE ROUTE OBAMA SHOULD TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. HERE'S THE FULL ARTICLE http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/04/19/resolving-obama-s-paradox-constructively-meeting-the-abortion-clash-of-absolutes.aspx

By embracing a proposal equivalent to what the leaders of his own counsel of advisors have already endorsed: the so-called 95-10 legislation. This idea satisfies neither side of an absolutist clash completely - how could it and still be common ground? - yet it strives for a 95% reduction in abortion over 10 years, not by legal mandate that would contradict the Senator's belief that this decision must remain that of the mother, but instead by ensuring that no woman faces such decision without having already had the benefit of responsible information about abstinence and contraception. In the event of a pregnancy, the proposal would supply objective information about fetal development, the proper guidance of a parent if the prospective mother is a minor, and the public's assurance of necessary economic support to carry the pregnancy to term, and if it be the mother's informed choice, the adoption of her child.

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