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Referendums nationwide made it clear that Americans favor the status quo on abortion rights.
LA Times ^ | 11 November 2006 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 11/11/2006 5:04:36 AM PST by shrinkermd

...Anti-abortionists have been craving a test case to put before the U.S. Supreme Court, in hopes of overturning Roe vs. Wade — and thought they had it when the South Dakota Legislature passed a ban on abortion. Instead of challenging the law in court, though, pro-choice forces cleverly put the matter to a popular referendum. Even in that socially conservative, anti-abortion state, a decisive majority Tuesday preserved a woman's right to choose. To some extent, they were bothered by the ban's extraordinary lack of compassion, refusing to exempt even the victims of rape and incest. But a frequently voiced complaint about the ban was that government simply shouldn't interfere with private lives.

That's a closely held American value and one that Republicans should embrace again lest they want to see this midterm election be a harbinger of a long-range trend.

Both California and Oregon voted down attempts to require parental notification before a minor can obtain an abortion. In several other states, anti-abortion congressional candidates were defeated, and Kansas' Phill Kline, the state attorney general who notoriously overreached the powers of his office in his single-minded attack on family planning and abortion clinics, was turned out of office.

In California, Proposition 85 was the second attempt within a year to impose parental notification on girls, most of whom already talk to their parents before opting for an abortion. Both efforts failed at the polls...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; referendums
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To: Tribune7
"The 'right to privacy' is a myth..."

AMEN!!!

Nancee

41 posted on 11/11/2006 7:03:50 AM PST by Nancee
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To: Tribune7

BUMP!!!


42 posted on 11/11/2006 7:08:21 AM PST by Nancee
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To: bushinohio
"It really frightens me that over half the voters don't want to be informed before their daughters have abortions..."

I know it seems like this, but it is NOT a reality that parents do not want to be informed....etc.

I have made it a personal project to go out into various neighborhoods where men and women are still very teachable. They need our involvement and education. it has been my experience that for the most part they come around quickly. Most of them do not even have the first notion of what abortion is and does. They are usually shocked.

So, I don't buy the idea that these parents just don't care; a handful maybe, but not the majority. They want information. So, if you're good at relationship building, this idea might also work for you.

Nancee

43 posted on 11/11/2006 7:15:52 AM PST by Nancee
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To: DesignerChick

Superbly stated.


44 posted on 11/11/2006 7:32:19 AM PST by Skooz (It's Morning in Pelosistahn)
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To: MountainPete; melancholy
Say "mel", would you read my comments on this thread and tell me what you think?

Thanks!!

NLC

45 posted on 11/11/2006 7:56:42 AM PST by Nancee
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To: shrinkermd

The measure in South Dakota was too draconian, which is why it lost.


46 posted on 11/11/2006 11:32:59 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (Corporatism is not conservatism)
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