About Tara Wantz Expertise I can answer any general, nondiagnostic questions regarding abortion. I can also refer you to a number of good web sites for more information.
Experience As a teenaged mother my pro-life views are honest and out of experience. I am not a holy roller and do not see abortion as a strictly religious problem, so I can answer questions without implying religion, only reason.
Question I'm more against than for abortion however I'd like your opinion on why this is such a huge Republican platform. It's my understanding that abortion's been legal for over 30 years. In those years 5 of those 7 presidents have been Republican and the legality of abortion's never changed. Why do so many vote for a president based solely on one issue which isn't even an issue?
Answer A.J.
The smart-ass, cop-out response is 'that's politics. Sadly, it's also mostly true. Issues change parties, and parties change priorities. Also, a republican president will have no chance changing a law when congress is ruled by democrates. Also, many people believe that abortion is a big enough issue that it breaks party lines, therefore making it even harder for any laws to be passed. Ok, so yeah, knowing all of this I still vote republican, even when the majority of my other beliefs are typically democratic, only because the best chance for a reverse of the abortion situation at this time is a republican president.
It's all very fuzzy, but then again. . . that's politics!
Tara
