Abortion

In recent years, abortion has been one of the most disputed issues in politics. Traditionally, the conservatives side with pro-life whereas the liberals choose pro-choice. This doesn’t mean that pro-choice citizens necessarily support abortion, because both the liberal and conservative sides want to find alternate ways to solve the problem. Actually, let me rephrase that, both the liberal and conservative sides will wage an eon-long battle against each other arguing over solutions to a problem that, sadly, will never be solved.

Personally, the situation is far too confusing for me to ever pick a distinct side. I’m not a woman, and will never have even the slightest idea of what a decision like birthing a child (wanted or not) could be like. I’m also all for human and civil rights, which include valuing both life itself and the power for a person to make their own choices. Here, the inherently good ideals overlap and collide over what is perhaps the most “choose a side or die” issue in America today. I’ve given it a lot of thought to almost no avail, so I’ve decided that- whether it is crude or not- I am For a Woman’s Choice, but Against Killing Babies.

That aside, for how intense an issue abortion has become, as Americans we need to zoom out and get a greater perspective. Abortion can’t be treated as the deciding issue in an election that concerns a world running itself into the ground. Global economic crisis, our own American patriot-fueled NATO battles, the cluster of -stan countries (plus Iraq) we’ve gotten ourselves in trouble with, and the never ending search for alternate energy sources are all among the most pressing and important factors in what one should consider when they’re casting their ballot. I’m not demeaning the issue of abortion or the fact that thousands occur each and every year. It’s sad, but the truth is that no matter what president is elected, our exceedingly inefficient Congress will disagree with each other forever over the issue. Nothing will change now that things are as they are now.

I was glad to see that our poll statistics revealed only 1 (one) single person believed that abortion was the deciding, most important issue to be addressed in this year’s election. Perhaps we’ve come to terms as of now with the hopelessness of the situation. We can now focus on the true problems listed above and cast our vote for the candidate we believe can change what we think should be changed.

Then, when the new president is sworn in, whichever one it will be, we can watch as they show us whether they meant to truly pursue their policies, or that they just got caught up in the fury of gaining votes for their campaign and find themselves uneasy with what to do in their new office.