Jessica     1     Abortion

•  Over the last year, many moderate and progressive politicians have begun to voice a fairly consistent message about abortion.
• Pro-Choice position equals abortion on demand, they have put forth a so called moderate, compromise position: maintain Ro9e v. Wade but work to reduce the number of abortions in this country.
• There are two key ways to reduce abortion. Its by making it less necessary or by making it less available.
• Only the former approach is humane, effective, and just.

Jessica     1     Abortion

• Those who oppose abortion in all or most circumstances generally think the best way to reduce the number of abortions is to make it illegal.
• They believe abortion will cease to exist.
• Close to 70,000 women a year die from unsafe abortion and numerous others suffer grave injuries, including infection, homorrhaging, and infertility.
• This hurts women, their families, and whole communities, but it does very little to reduce abortion.

Jessica     1     Abortion

• Anti-abortion advocates have not yet been able to achieve an outright ban on abortion in the United States.
• By barring available doctors and clinics, imposing waiting periods, and mandating rigid parental involvement laws, anti-abortion activists have put safe legal abortion completely beyond the reach of a significant segment of our population, namely the young, the rural, and most of all, the poor.
• Women who have been denied Roe'snprotections have either carried and borne children against their will or have faced significant delay in obtaining an abortion, thereby making the procedure more costly, more risky, and more emotionally and mrally challengimg.

Jessica     1     Abortion

• Making abortion unavailable may reduce the number of abortions, it does so in a creul and unacceptable way.
• The first way to do so is to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy.
• Half of all pregnancies in this country are unintended, and, of those, half end in abortion.
• Reduced significantly if we showed true commitment to: 1) comprehensive sexuality education that includes medically accurate information about abstinence and contaception; 2) insurance coverage of and public funding for family planningservices; 3) greater access to emergency contraception( which prevents pregnancy and does not cause abortyion); and 4) programs that curb domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Jessica     1     Abortion

• Women who are able to aviod unintended pregnancy do not have to make the difficult decision of whether to have an abortion or not.
• Once a woman finds herselfe with an unexpected pregnancy, a second positive way to reduce abortion is to  ensure that she has the means to have and raise a child in health and safety should she wish to do so.
• By providing low-income and young women with genuine education and career opportunities, health care, child care, housing, services for disabled children, and other basic supports, many would have the resources they need to fulfill the serious obligations that parenting brings.