Why I Don't Like Sarah Palin

[silviar]

So let's talk a little bit about Obama and Palin. You might like Palin, and that's fine. I don't. Here's why:

Some people think her being a mom counts for something as the VP candidate. How does her being a mom count any more than Obama or McCain who are both parents? Congratulations, you popped some kids out. Being a parent doesn't make you a

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[silviar]

Hey, thanks for stopping by!

So, I'm not trying to be a negative nancy, I swear, but I wanted to respond. A dilation and curettage is still considered a surgical abortion technique. The definition of abortion is "the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus", and while I personally would agree that getting a dead fetus out isn't an abortion, the medical texts I've read don't really seem to cover that as a by.

Under the rules that are set forth by our government for legalized abortion, my understanding is that if we did start limiting abortions and not allow them in second or third trimester, these sort of emergency issues wouldn't be covered or given a pass unless special provisions were allowed.

While Palin states that she would allow it for medical reasons, in the end medical reasons are determined by a doctor, so if the doctor refuses, that's it. I can see this being a slippery slope and a problem for people who have a very good medical reason for an abortion, which I think is something left up to the individual and shouldn't be something I decide for them.

She also had some interesting comments on she wouldn't allow abortion even if her own daughter was raped. Their whole stance on family planning disgusts me, as someone who's seen the usually negative repercussions of teenage pregnancy, STDS, etc. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/palin-on-abortion-id-oppo_n_122924.html

The reason I included that example is I've spoken to three different women who had to exhume a dead fetus from their bodies. Their doctors called it abortions, and the repercussions from their communities was absolutely heartbreaking.

Really, I wish highly personal things like abortion were left alone and people would stop trying to push it politically, but there's nothing I can do to stop it.

[wolf_j]

In the state of Kansas (under the rule of Attorney General Phil Kline) doctors were unwilling/unable to remove stillborn children from their mothers' bodies for a few years. A friend of mine was so refused... it was a pretty much FUBAR situation. The thought of Kline-esque policies being implimented on a national level are terrifying.

[silviar]

That's my worry as well.