As former President Jimmy Carter nears the end of his life on Earth in hospice care, there has been much discussion about his legacy as a politician and a humanitarian. The Democrat, who was president from 1977 to 1981, had a different approach to some issues than the modern Democratic Party.
. He favored things such as sex education, family planning, access to contraception, and improving the adoption system to reduce demand for abortion.
Unfortunately, he did not support a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion. Sadly, the federal government will not outlaw abortion any time soon; none of the current or prospective Republican presidential candidates are calling for it — not even former Vice President Mike Pence. However, politicians can and should adopt the demand reduction approach, regardless of whether or not they think abortion should be legal.lost to legal abortion over the past 50 years are among the biggest tragedies in American history. Even withdemise last year, elective abortion is legal in most states. Although states banning abortion decreases the number of abortions that take place, politicians must do more to prevent these tragedies from happening.
Allowing women to obtain hormonal birth control over the counter or directly from a pharmacist could help women get effective contraception, preventing unintended pregnancies. Funding for free condom programs and long-term birth control for low-income women could also help. Increasingto non-abortion providers would also help — and the program more than pays for itself.
Politicians could also find pragmatic ways to ease the financial burden of child-rearing. They could fight to increase the federal child tax credit or establish
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