Sex Abortion & Responsibility

"I Just Had to Do It"
By Doug Bandow

"It was a decision I am sorry I had to make." Get an abortion, that is. That's how attorney Dana L. (who asked that her last name not be published) explained her decision to get an abortion in Sunday's Washington Post. "It was awful, painful, sickening," but not her fault. Rather, the responsibility goes to (drum roll please!) George W. Bush: "I feel that this administration gave me practically no choice but to have an unwanted abortion."

Most people might have trouble imagining how President Bush could be to blame, but Dana L. has no doubt. Let's start at the beginning. She and her husband "both work, and like many couples, we're starved for time together." Obviously Bush's fault. He's had more than five years to come up with a government program to help people spend more time together. Instead, he's been giving people tax cuts which should allow people to work less, but, well, never mind...

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