The Constitutionalist Party supports the legality of abortion, but objects to the Supreme Court's determination in Roe v. Wade. The CP recognizes that the truly constitutional result of the abortion debate would be to leave the issue to the states to decide or for Congress to pass an amendment to settle. While it is refreshing for the Supreme Court to make up new rights as opposed to weakening established ones, it is not the Court's place to do this. The CP would support state legislation or a constitutional amendment that affirms the legality of abortion, as making it illegal will not make it go away, and will likely make the problem worse.

Why are so many women who don't want to get pregnant getting pregnant in the first place? Abortion is not an easy decision to make for any woman, and surely most of those women who do get abortions would have preferred to never have gotten pregnant in the first place. So the best ideas for this issue are ones that help those women who don't wish to get pregnant from getting pregnant, for if the only women getting pregnant are those who want to, then abortion will be of little consequence.

The Constitutionalist Party also believes that the government has no place in interfering with the decision or the financial matters concerning abortion.

The Constitutionalist Party recommends the following measures:

1. Support state-based initiatives that promote education regarding sexual choices and consequences as being important towards helping both sexes realize the possible results of their actions and them knowing the facts about sex. All too often ignorance is playing a role in thousands of teenage girls getting pregnant every year. There should be no restriction of the availability of this information from doctors or teachers. Combat ignorance, and you promote responsibility.

2. Promote state-funded research and development of more and better methods of birth control for both sexes, and make all reproductive-control options available to those who want them.

3. The government should have no say in the decision to have or not have an abortion. The decision should be left up to the mother. The government should also not use taxpayer money or legislation to restrict or support abortion in any way.

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