Draft Democratic Platform Plank on Abortion

Looks like the Democrats are getting even more radical on abortion. They've even dropped the "safe, legal and rare" rhetoric that was supposed to provide them with some sort of moral fig leaf on the issue. And they still want the taxpayer to be paying for abortions (that's the part about "regardless of ability to pay").

Regardless of how much I might agree with them about other issues, for this one reason I could never be a Democrat. I might be persuaded to vote for specific pro-life Democratic candidates, as long as I felt comfortable they would vote their principles and not the party line once elected.

In countries where abortions are outlawed, rich women can still fly to another country to have an abortion. But poor women cannot pay for a flight, and thus cannot have abortions. "Regardless of ability to pay" means that we need to keep it legal here, because if we outlaw it in the USA, it's only going to stop poor people who can't afford to travel to Canada.

It's not about taxpayers funding abortions.

And whose platform do you think will actually reduce the number of aborted pregnancies? The Democratic platform, who want to teach teens about contraception so they don't get pregnant in the first place, or the Republicans whose plan is to just point their fingers and tell everyone not to have sex?

I'm so tired of hearing people say the pro-life people don't do anything after the baby is born. In 1992 a young lady we barely knew knocked on our door after her boyfriend kicked her out. She had one baby by him )she was almost two), and was pregnant with another. We took her into our home, took care of them, and after the baby was born we took them with us when we moved from Biloxi, MS to Hannibal, MO. I never dreamed that she would hit it off with my brother, and she is now my sister-in-law. My niece, who just turned 18, is currently living with us prior to starting college. Strangely enough, it was several years after I got involved with the pro-life movement that it even dawned on me just what we had done. Without ever analyzing our reasons and emotions, we just knew that it was the right thing to do. What have you pro-aborts done to help save babies?

I am responding to the comment listed below.

You need to look harder, besides, how can we adopt babies who survive an abortion when Obama voted to kill them?

Sounds like a commitment to a very realistic approach to wanted and unwanted pregnancies. haven't seen too many republicans and pro-lifers standing up to adopt babies "saved from abortion"

"haven't seen too many Republicans and Pro-lifers standing up to adopt babies 'saved from abortion"

Really? There are two million couples waiting to adopt, according to this site:
http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_34.asp#How%20many%20couples%20are%20waiting?