Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Bristol's Decision: She Had a Choice

Semantics  matters...

I don't always get bogged down with semantics, but some quotes are just so telling. We are still getting to know Sarah Palin and recently she said a lot about her views without really saying much. She got me thinking, what is the deal with "choice?" Do you still have a choice if you are anti-choice? 

Here's the deal: I'm still trying to figure out why Republican vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin said in the statement she released on Monday: "We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."

Her decision?

Since Sarah Palin said her daughter Bristol made the decision to keep the baby doesn't that mean she believed that Bristol actually had the right to make a "choice" in the matter?

Since Sarah Palin is Anti-Choice (or Pro-Life) then why did her seventeen-year-old daughter have a choice?

Just like McCain, Sarah Palin opposes a woman's right to choose. Palin has also stated that she opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest. Palin is a member of the anti-choice group Feminists for Life. 



2 comments:

Big Cat said...

Thought provoking post and it is always good to think-some folks don't do it often enough! And as a friend on a message board said, these folks on the Repub ticket need to get their "rosaries out of my ovaries".

And I know what hot dish is, thanks to pals from MinnesotAH and Lorna Landvik books...

Jen said...

I kind of had that thought too when I heard that, but couldn't articulate it. Very well put.