John Smith for Congress

Abortion

I believe that life begins at conception, not birth.

I don't believe that abortion should be used as a method of Birth Control.

I don't believe minors should be taken across state lines without Parental Consent to have abortions performed.

I believe that parental notification should be a law, at the State Level.

I believe that a woman body is her own, until she's pregnant.

I believe that abortions for rape and incest should be decided upon by the Family not the Government.

Reasoning:

The Bible says: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb."
Psalm 139:13 New International Version (©1984)

According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 6 million American women become pregnant every year — almost half of them unmarried. The abortion rate for unmarried women is four times greater than that of married women. Obviously, these women engage in irresponsible and risky sexual behavior with men who are poor candidates for marriage and even worse candidates for fatherhood. (emphasis mine This is statement that ALL men should take to heart and change their personal behavior.)  Of those 3 million unmarried pregnant women, almost half have an abortion and almost half become single mothers. Very few of them marry the father of their child or give the child up for adoption.
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I believe they are called "minor" for a reasons and the Parents are responsible for their physical and mental health. Minors have no right to privacy outside of what parents allow.  Going to different state to circumnavigate the laws could be used to protect a "Statutory Rape" Charge. What's required is more parental involvement with the children, not government interference.

In California a "minor" cannot get ear or body piercings and tattoos without Parental consent.  But female "minors" can have a LIFE altering procedure (death for one, and scars for the other) without a responsible person knowing. is that a Contradiction? Yes.

I woman's right to chose is based on her body, not the one she's carrying.

In cases of Rape or Incest, other family members should be looked to for console, not the cold hand of government.