Abortion - Hillary Clinton

“I respect those who believe that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.”Hillary Clinton. “Abortion is a sad, even tragic choice to many, many women.” In 2003, while debating a proposed ban on partial-birth abortions, Hillary referred to the unborn child as “the child, the fetus, your baby.” Hillary has spent a lifetime fighting to keep abortions legal. Her commitment to supporting and working to reduce the number of abortions includes reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies. Hillary led efforts to make adoption easier and increase support for families in the adoption and foster care system. When Hillary defends her pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, & to China, where it could be forcibly terminated. One reason I continue to oppose efforts to criminalize abortion is that I do not believe any government should have the power to dictate, through law or police action, a woman’s most personal decision. The Romanian dictatorship in the 1980s banned birth control and abortion, insisting that women bear children for the sake of the state. In Romania and elsewhere, many children were born unwanted or into families that could not afford to care for them. They became wards of the state, warehoused in orphanages. “I can support a ban on late-term abortions, including partial-birth abortions. But if your life is at stake, if your health is at stake, if the potential for having any more children is at stake, this must be a woman’s choice.” “I am and always have been pro-choice, and that is not a right any of us should take for granted. There are forces in our society that would try to turn back the clock and undermine a woman’s right to chose, and we must remain vigilant.” “I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is trusting the individual to make the