tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post8223682671210016101..comments2023-12-29T01:04:14.708-05:00Comments on a cat and twenty.: stuff you should see.kate.d.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09967162934828397188noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-85264978045328630092007-07-20T14:14:00.000-04:002007-07-20T14:14:00.000-04:00Maybe not the actual word so much as the concept ....Maybe not the actual word so much as the concept . . . What I mean is that she constantly talks about abortion as if it is this horrible plague on society that we allow only because we aren't doing better at other prevention. And while I agree that our unplanned pregnancy prevention efforts are lackluster to say the least, that doesn't mean that abortion is evil. Even in a perfect world where every single pregnancy was wanted, fetal anomalies and women with health complications and rape victims, etc, etc will still need access to abortion. It is part of a spectrum of care and it should not be pushed to a dark corner. I felt as though Obama spoke more to that spectrum - education, prevention, access to pregnancy termination. The end goal of sex ed and family planning is not, in my mind, the abolishment of any and all abortion. It is increasing the informed control women have over their own bodies. I hope I am making sense . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-80348286673973698792007-07-20T13:17:00.000-04:002007-07-20T13:17:00.000-04:00really? i heard that he was the one who didn't utt...really? i heard that he was the one who didn't utter the word abortion once, while she did use it a few times and didn't seem to have trouble with it (i.e., that sort of "i'm taking a really deep breath and oh god i'm about to say that word!" inflection so many politicians can display).<BR/><BR/>interesting.kate.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09967162934828397188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-28703979478012594172007-07-19T15:57:00.000-04:002007-07-19T15:57:00.000-04:00I went and watched both Obama and Clinton. His sp...I went and watched both Obama and Clinton. His speech was better, hers more realistic. Just my two cents. And she seems to be terrified of the "a" word - which really pisses me off (I feel a side tangent coming on . . .)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com