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August 14, 2008
Bread & Circuses: The Democrat Platform Pt 1
The Audacity of Womyn
The draft copy of the Democrat Platform has been issued, weighing in at 55 pages. It will take several posts to hit even the highlights, but I will comment on portions as they relate to particular issues, rather than a linear, start-to-finish, critique.
What was first caught my attention was the rather startling rhetoric, albeit expected, from left feminists where it concerned abortion. The Democrat Platform states:
The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right.The Democratic Party also strongly supports access to affordable family planning services and comprehensive age-appropriate sex education which empowers people to make informed choices and live healthy lives. We also recognize that such health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions.
The Democratic Party also strongly supports a woman’s decision to have a child by ensuring access to and availability of programs for pre- and post-natal health care, parenting skills, income support, and caring adoption programs.
And the left feminist "Woohoo!":
First of all, the acknowledgment of the women-poverty link that Dana mentions greatly pleases me. As does support for ERA being back, the statement against sexism, and of course, what everyone is talking about — the new statement on reproductive rights. Not only have they dropped the “safe, legal and rare” bullshit, they’ve strengthened their support for abortion rights for all women, the right to access birth control, and services for rape survivors. [...]Notice the lack of implication that having a child is a more moral or better choice than abortion, but instead treat it as an equally valid one? Impressive!
Leave aside that the Left is demanding 'Taxpayer-funded Abortions for All!' but that they are trying to ensure that any abortion debate be stripped of moral dimension.
Vagina Warriors are not satisfied with legal access, they won't be satisfied with government-provided abortions, they also demand that abortion be considered as valid a moral choice as giving birth.
That is a lie.
The vast majority of abortions take place in the first trimester and are done at for convenience reasons. Those are legal abortions and (in my personal reluctant pro-choice opinion) should remain so. But they are also, in general, immoral abortions. Artificially inducing the death of nascent human life when it is not necessary is, indeed, a lesser moral choice then allowing the life to continue.
As the Left has subsumed liberalism, the ideology of sloth and irresponsibility is being held up as worthy goals. Life without risk, life without disappointment, life without burden - the Left wants it, the Left wants it now, and DAMN IT, someone is going to get it for ME!
Posted by Darleen at August 14, 2008 07:08 AM