West Ranch Beacon columnist Mike Cruz flagged this op-ed piece at the Washington Post to us. We thought our readers would be interested in reading a thoughtful article that tries to find middle ground on a hot button issue.
E. J. Dionne Jr. writes an op-ed piece in the Washington Post stating that if both parties combine wisdom with shrewdness, the election of a new congressional majority should open the way for a better approach to the abortion question.
The bitter political brawling of the past three decades has created an unproductive stalemate that leaves abortion opponents frustrated, abortion rights supporters in a constant state of worry and the many Americans who hold middle-ground positions feeling that there is no one who speaks for them.
But the politics of abortion began to change even before this month’s elections. In September, a group of 23 pro-choice and pro-life Democratic House members introduced what they called the Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act.
Read the entire story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR2006112000964.html?referrer=emailarticle