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Originally Posted by Kostya
Abbot's claim to representing the Australian people is tenuous at best, being, as far as I can see, merely that he is the Health Minister in the Liberal Party, and the Liberal Party was elected to more seats than any other, and hence, his wishes, which are Liberal policy therefore represent, at least more Australian people than not.
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I believe this fact becomes even less relevant when the politician in question has extremely strong christian values, as Abbott does, thus skewing his opinions into an even smaller percentage of the population than he did initially. I am not a christian, but I have alot of respect for those who are
unless they force their beliefs onto everyone else, which is the case far too often.
I must admit that have been all for RU486 until reading these posts and having a bit more of a think about it. Spindles makes a good point that perhaps it may not be wise to make abortion such an easy proceedure for fear of making it a relatively simple decision for pregnant women. I'll take this opportunity to state that I am all for abortion and believe that the child's life starts at the moment of birth, therefore my only problem with the drug is it's effect on the level of responsibility a subject must endure throughout the process.
I'm sure that it will be more than just 'popping a pill', but who's to say that whatever guidelines are put in place now for obtaining the drug aren't softened in the future? It will be interesting to see how this all pans out, and more importantly how mush emphasis they put on education, especially for teenage gilrs who I'm thinking will be a large proportion of the people who will be looking to use the drug.