Abortion’s Constitutional Legality vs. Its Public Funding

This presidential election has been exhaustingly polarizing, with substantial portions of both major parties — not to mention independents — dissatisfied with the designated nominees. If our executive candidates can’t do it, perhaps Capitol Hill leaders could finally dialogue on a matter of substance and policy by solving the Planned Parenthood public funding impasse.  The abortion debate is fueled by two dueling moralities: The sovereignty of a woman’s body and the sanctity of an unborn child. By cutting off public funding for abortion services and instead expanding funding for contraception, this would strengthen both moralities. It would give women easier access to prevent unwanted pregnancies, which in turn would reduce the number of abortions. Abortion is a highly contentious issue, however. Gallup has shown that in the years following Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling there has never been more than a third of Americans who supported unfettered access to abortion. Some seven in 10 Americans support at least some restrictions on abortion — a figure that has held fairly constant since 1975. Though you wouldn’t recognize it from the left-leaning media, which doesn’t reflect the general American population, nearly half of Americans consider themselves pro-life (46 percent) and half consider…
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