Why are Democrates only prochoice when It comes to abortion?

Question

And not on gun ownership?
or school choice?
or mentioning the Judeo-Christian God in a public forum?
or having your own opinions? (Disagree and youre closeminded)
or choosing to support charities? (taxes and welfare)
or allowing smoking in your own private business?
or just about anything else?

Great answer aarika, attack the asker and the question rather then trying to answer the question! Very open minded of you! Kudos!

Nancy F if youre pro choice on all personal freedoms then ideologically youre a libertarian (or an anarchist) not a democrat

I guess its easier to vote a thumbs down then to try to answer the question...

No im not stereotyping or claiming every democrate believes the exact same thing, im simply refering to the party platform and the voting paterns of democrats in office. If your a democrat who disagrees with the platform, good for you.

Answer 1

Because, socialism is not about personal freedom. It is about what is best for the collective (a.k.a. social programs). Dems are prochoice on abortion because they see every new person as a burden to the gov. The Dems feel that the gov is ultimately responsible and not the person, as an individual is not capable of making their own choice. Abortion keeps down the number of people that they, the gov, are then responsible for.

Answer 2

It is just not true, none of the things that you have mentioned. I am a democrat and I own guns and have since I was 9 years old. I am for school choice as long as it is a level playing field, mention god all that you want in a public forum but expect to also hear other thoughts on it whether you agree with those or not. You are welcome to your own opinions but do not trash me if I disagree. I have my opinions also. As far as welfare it was a social experiment and to many people took advantage of the system. It needed and still does need to be tweaked to where people that really need and deserve a little help gets it. Smoking in a private business is a public health problem. It really does need to be addressed and in the mean time I will do more damage to a person that don't smoke then a person that don't smoke will do to me. Yes I am a smoker but I also know that it is not good for the nations health.

Answer 3

Nice try but it does not work. There is no Judea-Christian God unless you are suggesting that there is also and Islamic God, a Catholic God, a Jewish God, and a Hindu God and so on, which I am sure you are not suggesting. So, you are saying that there is only one God which of course is your God not other people's God.
Sure sounds like fighting words to me. If I was as narrow minded as you are then I would say their is only a Great Spirit. So, you see, your religious and your political ideas are both based on a fundamental disagreement with anyone who is different thean you, different culture, different religion and so on.
There in lies the problem. I will accept your God but you will not accept my God. That makes you a little backwards just like the fundamental Jewish people and the fundamental Islamic people and so on.
Get with it!
How about this, we turn every gun in the Country in to the government and then send them all to Greenland, and then allow them back in the United States after ten years if they have not been fired. Sound like a workable compromise. We can then see how many gun deaths their are in the United States each year while their are no guns in America. What do you think? Would you rather have a bunch of gun deaths?

Answer 4

Why are republicans only prolife when it comes to abortion?
And not the death penalty when innocent people have been released from death row. Sometimes they're wrong. I wonder how many innocent people have been put to death?
Or stem cells that could be used for research instead of being discarded as waste?
I ask these questions not expecting a change of opinion, although they reflect my opinions, but to express that not everything is equvalent which is why one cannot apply one answer to 7 completely different situations. The decision to have an abortion is bit different from a decision about supporting a charity. (Although I don't consider taxes a choice nor a charity?)

Answer 5

I have to disagree on a few points here, my friend.

Liberals are for civil liberties (almost by definition). They believe that everyone should think for themselves. They may not like conservative opinions, but that doesn't mean they're against free thought.

And I believe it's a stretch to say Dems are against charities. I've never heard a Dem say charities are bad.

Of course, there are many obnoxious liberals out there, but it's not fair to paint all liberals because of the few. All groups would be discredited using that thinking.

As far as gun ownership, do conservatives think that the mentally ill and vicious ex-cons should have the right to bear arms. I don't want them toting around automatic weapons in my neighborhood!

And as for the premise of the question, just because someone is "prochoice" on one issue, doesn't mean that he has to be "prochoice" on all issues. I don't remember anyone claiming that liberals are prochoice on all issues.

Answer 6

The majority of Americans (with a bigger majority being Dems) are pro-choice because they don't believe that government should make personal decisions for citizens, in other words, they believe in liberty.

The majority of Americans (again, bigger majority Dems, but with most of the issues you cite, not all in this majority are Dems) do not want rapid-fire weaponry easily available because it's dangerous and serves no good purpose.

The Constitution forbids the government foisting a religion on citizens of this country.

It's currently the Republicans, not the Democrats who have declared war on dissent in this country -- as anyone who disagrees with Bush is labeled a terrorist.

No one is against people choosing charities to support (well, there may be a few nuts, but this is not a Dem position). Since the government was constituted, among other reasons, "to promote the general welfare", and since most Americans are compassionate, they support the idea of helping the neediest, and are willing to have some of their taxes go to this purpose. This is what representative democracy is supposed to be about.

Second-hand smoke kills employees (though I think there could be ways to accommodate smokers, if we were saner about it).

It isn't Dems who are against "just about anything else" but the right wing -- people not being allowed to decide for themselves whom to marry, whether to worship (and whom), whether they must live in agony or as vegetables despite the damage this does to their quality of life and to their loved ones, whether people are allowed to speak out against wrong, and what consenting adults are allowed do in privacy.

It's the Republicans who want to control every aspect of everyone's life and thought -- except who they mow down with rapid-fire weaponry and how they destroy the environment -- not Democrats. (OK, not ALL Republicans, but the dissenters have been way too silent for quite some time now.)

Answer 7

I think you are making sick stereotypes when you suggest that a democrat supports all of those things. No political party is perfect. People simply make these decisions on which party shares more of their beliefs. I may have supported Kerry in the last election, but I sure as hell would never call myself pro-choice, and do not support every other "democratic" side.

Answer 8

Where'd you get an idea like that?

I'm a proud, liberal democrat and I'm pro-choice on guns, drugs, smoking & charities.

I'm against "school choice" and government-sponsored prayer because the Constitution clearly forbids them.

I don't care what ideas someone holds. But I DO like to see that some semblance of thought went into the ideas.

BTW, only one "e" in democrat.

Answer 9

Ladies, please note that premenstrual conditions should be treated with prayer.

Democrats are pro choice on most everything in case you haven't noticed: Here's the Reps latest pro- nothing:

President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter has lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with filling all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require Congressional approval.

Dr. Hager is a practicing OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. Hager is the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing women with case studies from Hager's practice. In the book Dr. Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the Woman's Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the bible and praying.

As an editor and contributing author of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient.

Hagar's mission is religiously motivated. He has an ardent interest in revoking approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) as a safe and early form of medical abortion. Hagar recently assisted the Christian Medical Association in a "citizen's petition" which calls upon the FDA to revoke its approval of mifepristone in the name of women's health.

Answer 10

Why is everybody so Partisan? I'm in the middle of the political spectrum. I could be either way it doesn't matter. Many people have their opinions, but shouldn't be condemn for it. It's just like someone telling you how to raise your own kids, but they didn't have them or why does Paris Hilton have a CD out?