If the Democratic Party could adopt a much less disdainful, more welcoming, perhaps even "pro-choice" stance toward those under its tent who have conscientious objections to abortion, we would be much less squeamish about supporting its candidates, and we know that we are not alone in that conviction.

Nowhere has the Democratic Party said someone HAS to believe in the right to choose in order for someone to be a Democrat. "Conscientious Objectors" are welcome. It always bugs me when people bring up such an argument. They are missing the part about one party being more inclusive and diverse than the other.

Melissa is right. For women who live nowhere near the Mexican border, which would be a majority of American women, there would be nothing available but illegal operators, some of which may know what they are doing, while others would not. Many women would die.

IF right-to-lifers would stop their opposition, to such things as the Morning After Pill, family planning funding, and sex education, they might actually contribute to less of a need for abortions to be legally available. Until then, women will have to continue to work for the right to decide what is done with and to their own bodies.