Just like in the Alaskan gubernatorial debate, you just know that they are going to throw the "If your daughter was raped..." scenario at the candidates.
Simply saying "I would choose life," as Sarah Palin did then, will not cut it. It will also miss a great opportunity to give a voice to those who do not support abortion-on-demand -- approximately 80-some percent of the electorate.
It should go something like this:
"Governor Palin, we know you that you are opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest, and would only allow it in cases to save the life of the mother. Would you support overturning Roe v. Wade?"
"I have my own personal belief about abortion, as does every American. However, very few Americans support the current circumstances resulting from that court decision and Doe v. Bolton-- abortion at any time, for any reason, with only one restriction that abortionists have found their way around. The vast majority of Americans believe in sensible restrictions.
If those court decisions were somehow overturned, abortion would not be made illegal throughout the land. But the voices of the overwhelmingly majority of Americans could then be heard in the halls of their state legislatures, and each state could decide for themselves what they would allow in their own communities."
"Well. if one of your daughters was raped and became pregnant, what would you tell her?"
"My daughters know that they would never need to hesitate to approach me about anything. If one of them came to me under those circumstances, it is clear to her that I would embrace her and her child because they both would be innocent victims. As a family and as a community, we would give her all the love and support that she and her baby need. Isn't that what we should do for every woman and child?"
That pro-life feminist message would undoubtedly make Joe Biden's "I would support whatever choice she made" ring extraordinarily hollow.
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