Reply #189: EXACTLY!!!!!

[mamalone]

As a pro-life Democrat I applaud Sen Clinton. When my other pro-life friends say "How can you be pro-life and Dem?" I say, "I am Dem because I am pro-life!" I believe that the dem party is the most likely one to reduce the number of abortions in this country. Abortion have skyrocketed under the Bush admin..why? Because when women feel insecure of their futures and the futures they can offer to their children they will feel that they have no other choice than to abort. When women feel empowered, when the safety net is in place they are more likely to choose to carry their babies to term. Overturning Roe vs Wade isn't going to do away with abortions..commiting to the care of the vulnerable in our society will.

This whole thing is very interesting to me as well for another reason...I called the Senator's office shortly after the election and discussed this issue at length with an aide... about how the Dems have allowed the Repubs to frame this debate(pro-choice=pro-abortion=Dem=evil...pro-life=pro-baby=Repub=good) I stressed the need for common ground and that the common ground is that we can all agree that an abortion is an unfortunate event and that reducing them is a good thing. The aide got very animated and said.."This is really interesting..really good." I said more, but, the words I used in that discussion are the *exact* words Clinton used in this speech. Perhaps I sound a bit full of myself, but I am wondering if that discusssion was the genesis for this change in rhetoric- at least in part.
Just wondering....