Reproductive Rights - How important is the candidates position on this issue?

[bryant69]

Poll question: Reproductive Rights - How important is the candidates position on this issue?

To you. How central is it to what you are looking for in a candidate.

Bryant
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[mondo joe]

1. It's central to me, because it's part of my central issue: privacy and autonomy over one's

own body.

[still_one]

2. It is directly related to the government involving itself in people's personal lives

Remember Terri Shivo?

Do you want the government telling you whether you can take birth control or not?

Do you want the government telling you an abortion is not permitted even if the life of the mother is at stake

It can be extrapolated to stopping embroyonic stem cell research, and even gay a lesbian restrictions

[bryant69]

3. OK - but weigh that against foreign policy

Where we are causing the deaths of thousands around the world (but mostly in Iraq) - which issue should have precedence.

Bryant

[still_one]

6. Both. If we lose are freedoms at a Constitutional level, everything else is irrelevent

The Supreme Court is probably the most important reason to vote Democratic in 2008

Without our first ammendment rights, we the people will be unable to stop any war

[mondo joe]

11. Precisely. NT

[Heidi]

13. There's no reason we can't have both peace and autonomy over our own bodies.

I don't see a need to weigh one against the other.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. The US is also causing thousands of deaths with an archaic global family planning policy

We refuse to give aid to any agency that even mentions abortion. We refuse to promote contraception and instead tell countries they need to push abstinence. A person's views on the issue of choice and comprehensive reproductive health care are huge. So called "pro-lifers" have caused untold death around the world.

[bryant69]

17. THat's a fair point - and that's an area where there can be more gradation n/t

[supernova]

4. False dichotomy

there's no law that says we have to have sane foreign policy at the expense of reproductive freedom. And anyway, there isn't a viable Dem candidate running that would restrict choice.

And no, I would not compromise on this issue.

[madokie]

5. considering that we have an illegal war going on that is killing untold numbers each and every day

most of who are as innocent as a new born baby btw too. I can't vote but I can tell you that I don't think your question is anything for me to worry about today and for the above stated reason too. but thats just me :hi:

[texastoast]

7. Not important?

One vote? Troll Patrol!!!

[bryant69]

8. Not Necessarily

They might just mean not important compared to other issue - it's also worth noting that all of our candidates have largely the same position on this particular issue.

Bryant

[dmallind]

9. hypothetically or in reality?

Hypothetically it's very important indeed - an almost definitive test in this day and age of whether a candidate wants to kowtow to the "religious" "right" or go with objectivity and reason.

In reality? Bugger all importance for this bunch because I can't see any daylight between any of them in how they would effectively sign/veto bills and nominate judges to protect the right. They may have different histories and ways of discussing the issue but from Kucinich to Richardson and everyone in between I think we can safely predict a pretty consistent slate of non-troglodytic judges and reasonable signing decisions in this area.

[slackmaster]

10. I will not vote for anyone who is anti-choice or "doesn't believe in evolution"

Those are two of my biggest deal-breakers.

[bryant69]

12. That's a whole nother issue - but i'm curious

What if a candidate, when asked about evolution said "Well I believe that God created us; I believe in a creating God. Now we don't know the methods God used to create us, but we honor God by trying to understand those methods as best as we can. Thus we need to be studying evolution, which seems, from a scientific standpoint, the most likely method of bring humanity into existence." Something like that. Is that enough of a finesse?

Bryant

[slackmaster]

16. I think "theistic evolution" is a relatively reasonable position

Worth noting that every one of the serious Presidential candidates on the Democratic side cop to being Christians. We're a long way from any real chance of electing an atheist or agnostic.

I'm opposed to giving power to young-Earth creationists who say that their religion's creation myth should be given equal status to evolution in public school curricula. At least three of the stated GOP candidates hold that position.

[cuke]

14. I wish you had something between "paramount" and "somewhat"

For me, it is "very important". In 99% of the case, I would not vote for a pro-life candidate

[bryant69]

19. It's hard to know how many gradations to put in a poll sometimes. n/t

[mvccd1000]

18. Second only to the position on the right to keep and bear arms.

If they're a gun-grabber, I don't care if I agree with every single other position they take. They'll never get my vote.