Tuesday, October 21, 2008

NO on Proposition 4


Prop 4 requires that a teenage girl obtain parental consent before obtaining an abortion

I strongly disagree with Prop 4 because I believe that a woman, no matter what her age, has the right to make decisions about her body and her health. Of course, is pro-abortion, but the government should not have the right to control a woman's body and what she does with her body. If we increased the education of birth control in our schools and educated our young women about their bodies and their options, we wouldn't have so many of them faced with this decision in the first place. Also, making it illegal for young women to have abortions will only push them into unsafe and unsanitary situations where they will be putting themselves in grave danger for botched procedures.

1 comment:

Paula Silinger said...

My name is Paula and I’m an intern for Ms. magazine. I just came across your post about California Proposition 4 and wanted to let you know about a new celebrity-filled "No on Prop 4" video just released from the Feminist Majority Foundation, the publisher of Ms. Feel free to post it onto your website!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVi1l-6M84

Paula Silinger
Ms. magazine
psilinger@msmagazine.com