Abortion

I believe that the pro-choice side is winning the battle over abortion. The first thing I noticed when I went on to the pro-choice website was that they were calling people who were pro-life, anti-choice people. Both sides are fighting for every inch of ground. Something else I noticed about the pro-choice side of things was that it seems like their biggest tactic was trying to make the other side look bad instead of trying to make their side look good.

The first thing you read on their site is:
"Anti-choice people want to outlaw abortion, regardless of the woman's situation. They will stop at nothing to make it harder for women to access abortion. They even target the doctors who provide abortion care.
Anti-choice people use many of the following tactics to reach their goals:"

The arguments that the pro-choice website has I believe are better, due to the extremists that are on the pro-life side of things. It makes very little sense that people who are pro-life, have been killing people who help out with the pro-choice side of things. It is an oxymoron, that people who want life kill people who want people to have a choice.
I do believe that people should have a choice of whether or not they would like to have the baby. I may not respect the reason they decide not to, but for some people, they may not have the tools they need to raise a child. I do believe that children should have consent from their parents, because an abortion is a major procedure to undergo. It is very possible to have a complication during the procedure, and if the child happened to die, there would be a huge problem. The father should have full consent on whether or not his daughter should have an abortion. If a minor needs their parents consent for any other procedure, they should need it for an abortion.
Its good to know that Illinois is not crazy about abortions like they are in some southern states. I think Illinois does a good job for the most part in controlling abortions. There are not many hoops  you have to jump through, and it seems pretty direct. One rule  I agree with is the spousal consent. The law states that the patient must have spousal consent before a married woman may obtain abortion care.

Though he is not the most trust worthy man you could listen to, I agree with what Governor Ryan says about the death penalty. He had a tough job in deciding on whether the death penalty should be legal in Illinois. Governor Ryan explains the toughest part in deciding on the future of the death penalty in Illinois, "But i must confess that the debate with myself has been the toughest concerning the death penalty i suppose the reason the death penalty has been the toughest is because it is so final - the only public policy that determines who lives and who dies." I couldn't agree more with Governor Ryan. Once the choice is made you cannot go back and change your mind. If proven guilty, that man or women is going to die barring the person being granted clemency. Like in the case of Gary Graham, there was no way to be sure that he had killed Bobby Lambert. All signs point to yes, but is it worth making that mistake? The death penalty is very final like Governor Ryan said, and if a man or women is proven innocent after they have been given the death penalty, that state would get tons of media attention that no state wants. Especially in Illinois's case, I do not believe the death penalty should be legal. There were 29 death row inmates in Illinois that were proven to be innocent. That is a huge number of people who were wrongfully convicted. I have a very interesting viewpoint, I do believe in the death penalty, but when there are 29 inmates who had been wrongfully convicted in just one state, there is no way that state should be allowed to execute people. To make things worse, a bunch of college students were the ones who found out these people were innocent. It makes me wonder how many other cases that Illinois has gotten wrong before these were uncovered. It also makes me wonder how many cases in a state like Texas, have been like the 29 in Illinois.