Scott Brown is a politician, isn’t he? You never heard anything about abortion in his campaign except no government pmt for the procedure. If he had expressed his views as you have revealed them, he would have lost all support from the radical anti abortion groups and the full support of his chosen party affiliation.

Can we trust him to leave it up to the individual and doctor? Not if he wants continued support from the anti abortionists and conservative base of the Republican party. This is an absolute black/white issue that will not tolerate, by either side, any grey middle ground. How unfortunate! Political intransigence on issues concerning moral and ethical issues does not support freedom of speech or religion.

I have strong reservations about the need for partial birth procedures or even late term abortions. However, I am not a psychiatrist or medical doctor. I’m quite sure there may be individual cases when those procedures are valid. I don’t support abortion as a convenient way to fix things if contraception failed or pregnancy is a mere inconvenience at this time. I don’t think civil legislation is where those issues should be settled.

Based on your report, Brown’s major opposition is based on Health Care legislation and government payment for the procedures. Well, if you are going to have equal health care available to everyone (rich or poor) you can’t pick and choose coverage based on ideology or religion. If you are going to leave it up to the individual and the physician then you can’t ‘cherry pick’ procedures on the basis of either ideology or religion.

Abortion does not threaten my life or welfare. Murder of living breathing human beings is or can be a threat to me. There is a real difference between abortion and murder, regardless of ideology or religion.

Just as our law does, I respect and uphold each individual woman's right to decide what to do with her own pregnancy and to maintain complete sovereignty over her own body and choices of what to do - or not do - with her own body.

How we each may feel about abortion is only important if we get pregnant and are making decisions about our own bodies. We have no right to dictate what other women do with their bodies.

I may have all kinds of feelings and thoughts about abortion. The day that I become pregnant (which of course is anatomically impossible) is the ONLY DAY that my opinion about abortion should matter. Because that is the day that I would make a decision about MY OWN BODY and no one else's.

To try to dictate what another person will do with her own body is the ultimate violation of personal freedom.

Just as our law does, I respect and uphold each individual woman's right to decide what to do with her own pregnancy and to maintain complete sovereignty over her own body and choices of what to do - or not do - with her own body.

How we each may feel about abortion is only important if we get pregnant and are making decisions about our own bodies. We have no right to dictate what other women do with their bodies.

I may have all kinds of feelings and thoughts about abortion. The day that I become pregnant (which of course is anatomically impossible) is the ONLY DAY that my opinion about abortion should matter. Because that is the day that I would make a decision about MY OWN BODY and no one else's.

To try to dictate what another person will do with her own body is the ultimate violation of personal freedom.

Jerry, I'm sorry but there's a glaring disconnect in your argument. People CANNOT DO whatever they want with their bodies. The last time I checked, suicide is still against the law.

—, suicide is still against the law. ?? How is this enforcible and what is the sentence?

The only perceived enforcible sentence is refusal of insurance to pay, if it is so declared in the policy. And, they can write any exceptions they want to, there. For instance: death in private airplane, death by act of war, etc.