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...graves of those who have fallen defending a woman's right to choose. Because we are in the middle of a presidential race we have the opportunity to make abortion safe and accessible again, or face the consequences of losing the right to reproductive freedom 28 years after Roe v. Wade...
Students must recognize that this is an issue of primary concern to them as well. America's teen pregnancy rate is one of the highest among developed nations. In fact, because students today have grown up without knowing what a pre-Roe world looked like, many take for granted that abortion is an option available to them. However, if students don't act soon, they may find themselves back in that world in a few years...
...than explain his moral struggle to get there? He conceded that he had voted to deny federal funds for abortions, but omitted that as a House member he was generally antiabortion, voting for a proposal that would have defined a fetus as a human life, which would have negated Roe v. Wade. As Vice President he can take pride in the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. But why brag that he was the "principal proponent" of it in Congress when, at most, he co-authored one extension...
...life candidate--and then, in a clarification issued soon after, that it would be a "family decision." For pro-life activists, McCain's purity on the issue has been suspect since last summer, when he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would not work to overturn Roe v. Wade. (He later rescinded the comment, or tried to.) Now there was fresh fuel on the fire, and McCain had to spend the rest of his day smothering flames from reporters and rivals such as the surging fringe candidate Alan Keyes, who sermonized on the subject during Wednesday night's G.O.P...
...Twenty seven years after the United States Supreme Court's ruling on Roe vs. Wade--at a time when women can play professional sports and hurdle through outer space as astronauts--the brand of contemporary feminism that took shape during the 1960's and 1970's may seem like a thing of the past...