WOW! You are thinking, finally a republican that has had an epiphany. Don’t get too excited about my conversion just yet. My PRO CHOICE stand is on the issue of healthcare and not being able to have a choice on whether I want it or not.

Progressives and Democrats are so worried about a woman’s right to choose without considering the other areas of our lives that are being encroached upon every day. If progressive democrats are so concerned about rights, what about the right to choose whether you want to have healthcare? Isn’t it hypocritical or disingenuous, on their part, to deny people the right to make their own choice regarding healthcare? If they believe in a RIGHT TO CHOOSE they shouldn’t deny others their right to choose. If they don’t want the government telling a woman they can’t make decisions regarding a woman’s body shouldn’t we have that same right regarding our body and healthcare? 

Regardless of where you stand on healthcare, and whether it is good or bad, the federal requirement mandating that we must purchase insurance, or be fined if we don’t comply, is an unconstitutional infringement on our individual rights. We should all be able to make our own decision based on what we feel is in our best interest not because bureaucrats in Washington have decided we are incapable of taking care of ourselves.

When this year’s election comes around vote for the people who believe in the constitution and who will stand up for your personal rights.

(Submitted for publication to the Lansing State Journal, Dewitt/Bath Review, Clinton County News,  The St. Johns/DeWitt Informer, The Owosso Independent, The Laingsburg Independent & The Perry Independent on April 11, 2010)

(Published in the  Lansing State Journal on April 16, 2010 & The DeWitt/Bath Review, The Laingsburg Independent & The Perry Independent on April 18, 2010 )