Get out your political boxing gloves and find your voting location, ladies. Women might determine who sits in the Oval Office for the next four years. You don’t have to be a feminist to feel uncomfortable with a woman's body being labeled as an "issue" in the political arena, and at the very least, we have the right to know exactly why politicians think our bodies are "issues" they get to make decisions about.
President Obama is 100 percent pro-choice, meaning he believes each and every woman has the right to decide for herself if she wants to get an abortion, regardless of circumstances surrounding a pregnancy. He pledges to uphold Roe v. Wade and ensure that abortions remain legal in the United States. Vice President Joe Biden is also pro-choice, citing in his recent debate against opponent Paul Ryan that he is personally against abortion for religious reasons, but that neither he nor anyone else has the right to inflict those beliefs on the the nation's women.
Though Romney previously supported abortion rights, he now says that the policy of a Romney administration would be to oppose abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or protecting the life of the mother. Romney's camp holds that life begins at conception. If Romney were elected, his administration would hold that Roe v. Wade should be overturned and that the issue of whether or not abortions are legal should be decided by individual state governments. It is estimated that more than 30 states would outlaw abortion under Romney's policy.
Read more: Obama vs. Romney: What they think about abortion and Planned Parenthood
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