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San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
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Women's Reproductive Rights

By Tom Hutchings

Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 33; Green Party

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I fully support a woman's right to make her own health decisions.
WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Women have an inalienable right to control their own bodies.
The decision whether or not to bring a pregnancy to term is a woman's alone to make. Males should not be making patriarchic decisions for women. When abortion is illegal, it condemns young and poor women to unsafe and sometimes fatal abortion practices. Abortion is not a desirable form of birth control-it is a final recourse. Preventing pregnancy is the better option. Education about sexuality and making available contraceptives is a more viable alternative to abortion.

Here's what we need to do:
Make safe and legal abortions available to all women.
Oppose laws that require women obtain consent prior to obtaining an abortion. Promote personal responsibility on the part of both men and women in their reproductive capacities. For all women, we need to guarantee full access to reproductive health services, regardless.

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