Commentary on Monica Tan's take on Abortion

   In Monica Tan's post about abortion she makes a good point that abortion is a woman's right that we cannot take away. I agree that abortion is a woman's personal right to control rather than something a government has to decide. She stresses the need to keep abortions legal for the health of women, another valid argument she backs up with examples such as "back-alley abortions" and "self-executed abortions". A woman shouldn't have to go to such extreme measures to achieve something which is her right to obtain.
     Monica takes an approach that I would agree with, although I feel less of a need for stress on alternative options such as parenting aid and adoption. Yes, it would be nice if everyone could have more options available but I don't think it's lack of alternative options. I think it's more of a social issue when it comes to a woman choosing abortion, some women just don't want to be face other people with the fact that they accidentally got pregnant. I feel education on prevention of pregnancy in the first place needs to be stressed before how to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. Women already have access to birth control and even the morning after pill, these would prevent the need to even consider other options. Those preventatives also take out the controversy over murder because a baby is being prevented from even beginning to form. It is our job to go out and inform women on options they have to prevent pregnancy and avoid abortion, not to take their rights from them so that they act how others think they should.

To Repeal or Not to Repeal

    The US House of Representatives just voted to a repeal of the Obama Healthcare bill. Before the voting even began the outcome was obvious, the house majority is Republican and as a result the repeal would pass. The Senate and the Presidency are both held by the Democrats.  Therefore, they passed the repeal knowing that it wouldn't pass the Senate, and even if it did pass the Senate President Obama swore to veto the repeal if it got to him. Though the President's veto can be overruled if there is enough votes in the House and Senate, in this situation there wouldn't be enough approval. What was the point of voting on the repeal anyway? If the outcome was already foreseeable why did we need to waste time proving what we already knew. Instead of voting on the repeal, they should have been trying to come to a better solution to dealing with the Healthcare bill that would pass through both Houses.

    The Republicans claim that they are doing the "will of the people" but are they really? While many Americans have questions and concerns about the Obama Healthcare Bill, there are some points that many Americans do favor, such as children being under their parents healthcare plan until the age of 25 and allowing pre-existing conditions not to be a factor in a person receiving insurance. According to a CNN/ ORG international poll "52% of respondents favor all or most provisions of the healthcare law, while at the same time, 51% want Congress to repeal the entire measure".Wouldn't the repeal have been better if it also included some items that people did like about the bill that would be kept in place. As a citizen, it would be preferable to see our government working to take care of its people in a responsible way both fiscally and physically, rather than taking shots at the other side of the political aisle.

      I'd like to see my government attempting to work together in important issues facing the country, rather than partisan bickering. Focus needs to be brought back to the well being of the people and how to attain these goals in responsible manner without leaving tax burdens on future generations, such as our own.


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