 i am a pro choice republican  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  