John McCain - Myth of the Moderate Maverick

Why is NARAL Pro-Choice America targeting pro-choice Independent and Republican women in the 2008 elections? Listen to this audio clip from the February 6 edition of The Diane Rehm Show, a nationally broadcast program on NPR. One woman tells her story about why McCain's opposition to a woman's right to choose influenced her vote. The other commentators include Ron Elving, the Washington editor for NPR, and Jeanne Cummings from the Politico.
**This is a clip from the Diane Rehm Show; click here to listen to the entire broadcast: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/02/06.php#18392

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[northerngarden53]

Republicans used to be "hands off" in the area of government intrusion in personal freedoms. The whole anti abortion stance is decidedly UN-republican. As a nation, we are far more willing to blindly defend the rights of a mass of cells than we are to provide for pregnant women, or children once they are born. It is the height of hypocrisy. How has McCain voted on children's issues once they are here? That is a far better test of whether he is pro-life or not!

[symphonia8512]

I understand why some think that freedom of speech and opinion shouldn't be limited by genger, but pregnancy is something that only woman can experiance. Men should not be the ones who determine what a woman can do with her own body. That would be like women trying to outlaw, or I don't know, male enhancement surgery or something.

[kmcl11]

yes i know abortion is such a difficult issue

[pogoman555]

It is unclear whether the fetus part of the women's body or an individual yet. However, I consider the after 24 weeks abortion is always wrong and should always be illegal. it doesn't mater whether the women was raped, or the child is diseased or anything.

[pogoman555]

Man have no say in the matter?

The case on abortion is simple. If you believe that a fetus at some point is the same as a child who has born abortion is murder, just as killing a 2 - day old child is murder. It doesn't matter if the child is raped or not. If you don't believe the fetus is a human life at a point, then it is simply part of the womens body, like a bacteria and is her right to kill.

Supposedly before 24 weeks the baby has no chance of survival, so I'd say before that

[niwdah]

You know, "Hitler urged people to drink milk. Hitler was evil! Therefore drinking milk must be evil!" And Marx supported logical thinking! anyway...Why are we so called "conservatives" ready to hand this "private choice" over to government? That's like asking why the people ever wanted a government to make murder illegal. Why not give the choice back to the people? Both involve one deciding to take the life of another without regard for their "private choice". That is why both should be illegal.

[jigen08]

The choice is simple: either the woman decides, or the government decides. Why are all these so-called conservatives ready to hand people's private choices over to government? Why do they agree with bin Laden in this matter?

[niwdah]

Men have no say in the matter? Clean out your ears women, and listen to this man speak. Most people contemplating murder don't do it because they will go to jail if caught. Why killing your own children should not be punishable by jail time is beyond me. If a woman kills her child 2 hours after giving birth, she is subject to THE DEATH SENTENCE in some states! But if she had only decided to kill it 3 hours prior the only difference is that it's legal and you didn't have to look it in the eyes!

[girlfighter98]

Of course they don't want to help provide for them once they are here. They tell us this all the time by not raising min. wage, by not cutting taxes for the middle class and lower income, by not putting money into our public school system, by not fixing the terrible health care system. Also by opposing sex-ed and supporting asbstinence only programs. This is a cyclical problem. There is no black and white right answer, the answer lives in the grey areas.

[nykita29]

You've made an interesting point. I wonder what the statistics show in cases where a woman is supported in her pregnancy by the father of the baby. Anyone have an idea if those kinds of data are collected? I know they ask those questions to women seeking termination, but do they do anything with them?