By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization
of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition
of «pro-life» to include Iraqi
children and prisoners
of war, and experienced first -
hand some
of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically
disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.