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Democrats are the Pro-Choice Party, Right?

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Submitted by Alon Levy on June 20, 2006 - 5:38pm.

The Democratic Party is supposedly the party that supports the right of a woman to fully control her own body. In fact, the supposed difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats will support the right to abort with their judicial appointments whereas Republicans will not.

Someone should clue Governor Kathleen Blanco (D-LA) in on that. Because a few days ago she signed into law a bill banning all abortions except those necessary to save the woman's life, if Roe vs. Wade is overturned. Now this is still not so bad as South Dakota's law, which is meant to get Roe vs. Wade overturned. But at least to me trigger laws come off as "We're dying to reinstitute slavery... oh well, one day the 13th amendment will be overturned and then the South shall rise again." No regional insult intended, of course (Illinois has a trigger law, too, if I'm not mistaken).

In related news, the Court's about to hear an appeal of lower courts' striking down anti-D&X laws in California and Nebraska.

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