Saturday, January 14, 2006
"A woman's right to choose"
I'm getting pretty sick of people accusing Stephen Harper of wanting to take away "a woman's right to choose" and how Jack Layton would defend "a woman's right to choose", as if this is some flowery issue. I'd rather here accusations that Stephen Harper would make abortions illegal and that Jack Layton would not make abortions illegal. Let's call it what it is. Calling it "a woman's right to choose" makes it sound like Harper wants women to be at home, barefoot and pregnant, doing all the housework because she doesn't have the right to make choices in her life, and she's forced to do what her husband tells her. Men and women in Canada will always have the right to make choices. The question is whether or not they should have the choice of aborting a fetus. A question that will not be raised by Stephen Harper in the next parliament. He clearly stated that abortion will not be an issue.
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Mr/Mrs./Miss/Captain Bizarro isn't the only one who is frustrated by the Liberal's 'choice' of words:
Mr. Coyne: "So, for example, the prime minister is very, very worried that some future Parliament might impose certain limits on abortion -- whoops, on a-woman’s-right-to-choose -- should the clause remain in place."
I voted for the tories yesterday. I pretty much knew I was going to vote Conservative since the spring, but definately not because of abortion. That's not even an issue right now. My reasons are as follows:
1) PM is a buffoon.
2) Liberal corruption should be punished, even if it will likely occur in any party in power for that long. By electing Liberals, we send the message that corruption is ok.
3) Lib daycare plan lacks detail and sufficient funding.
4) Although I would rather have income tax break than GST cut, I think Lib tax cuts will come on the backs of the provinces, and I'll end up paying that tax back in higher provincial taxes.
5) Changing the constitution is something you should think about for a long time. Also, getting rid of the clause is incredibly stupid.
6) The Libs aren't campaigning on what they believe in, they're campaigning by saying whatever will get them votes. The Libs need a timeout so they can clean-up the party. They need to get all the power hungry non-liberals out so that people who really believe in liberal principles can rebuild the Liberal party. When I'm convinced that this has happened, I'll probably go back to them.
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