Position statement:  Democrats are defenders of individual American rights, including our rights to privacy.  We believe in allowing our citizens to make private decisions about their family's health and welfare without government interference.  Reproduction and birth control are and should remain a private family and personal matter.

By contrast, radical Republicans believe that they can and should regulate our personal lives based on the beliefs of one large voting group and the interests of corporate sponsors.  In particular, they want to maintain and tighten control over women in our society to meet their worldview of women being less than equal to men. 
 

 

• Responsibility

• Privacy

• Health

• Protection

• Safety

• Equality

• Family

Reproductive rights are a part of the everyday efforts of women and men to raise children, build families, and experience healthy sexuality. 

All people have the right to self determination and should have full access to the support and information that helps them live healthier, better lives.

"Radical Republicans are anti-family and anti-personal privacy and anti-liberty." 

"Republicans are pro-death" and "Republicans are pro-suffering" (They deny women and children access to contraception which increases unwanted pregnancies, allow toxic chemicals into the environment in support of corporate profits which sickens pregnant women and kills children and the elderly, force rape victims to bear their rapist's children, prohibit scientific breakthroughs like stem-cell research that can ease suffering and deny the poor and their children what they need to survive.)

1.  The Orwellian Language of Big Government by the National Taxpayers Union;

2.  The Radical Republican Manifesto: The Integration of Theory and Practice: A Program for the New Traditionalist Movement by Eric Heubeck;

3.  Frank Luntz Republican Playbook — Searchable Text-Version;

4. "14 Words Never to Use"
 

1. The United States is now the leader in teenage pregnancy under Bush Republicans — National Library of Medicine
    
2. Abortion rate rises under Bush Administration — Houston Chronicle and The Christian Post
    
3. Abortion rate declined to lowest point in 24 years under Clinton Administration — Catholic Online, from the essay by Dr. Glen Stassen, ethics professor and based on the study by Guttmacher Institute
    
4. Two-thirds of women who have abortions cite "inability to afford a child" as their primary reason — Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
    
5. Basic Stats from The Guttmacher Institute:
   • 56% of U.S. women who obtain abortions are in their 20s;
   • 67% have never married;
   • 61% have one or more children;
   • 88% live in a metropolitan area;
   • 57% are economically disadvantaged (living below 200% of poverty); and
   • 78% report a religious affiliation (43% Protestant, 27% Catholic and 8% other religions).
    

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