Rape victims getting abortions and supporting Romney?

[Travis]

My cousin was 17 when she was raped by a man older than her and became pregnant due to the event, she had an abortion not long after and was traumatized by the event. According to her Facebook page she avidly supports Romney and the Republican party in general despite being glad that she got an abortion.

What do you think her reasoning is?

I have considered calling/writing her but I don't want to cause any drama in her life, is she misinformed? She has never really been the brightest individual in all honesty and is a bit ditsy in every sense of the word but I am pretty sure that she knows that that conservatives are against abortion.

I myself am neutral and don't plan on supporting anyone in the Election and couldn't really care less who wins as I am a single white male that works a mediocre job and neither would really do anything for me so I am not politically bias.

[usfirstgov]

Well, abortion is legal in all 50 states. Romney's views on abortion are irrelevant since what matters is what the laws says, not his opinion.

[Raatz]

You could say something to her, but be really careful/nice about it. Or maybe post a link in your Facebook feed where she will see it.

IDK, a lot of people have special snowflake syndrome / blinders where they're the only ones who deserve abortions/welfare/food stamps and everyone else is unjustified moochers abusing the system.

[john k]

First as already stated abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court and is mainly a state issue not federal, unless there becomes enough support for a Constitutional amendment the only real control the federal government has is whether they (or more accurate "WE the People") are paying for it.
So logic says IT is a Complete NON-ISSUE in the election though the media will act like it is, just as they have in every election since the 70's.

Maybe she looks at the issue completely different as Republican usually have the reputation for being harder on crime, So better protection, harsher punishments might be in her interest? who knows but she should be able to draw her own opinions and Vote her own desire. If you really feel strong enough that she is voting wrong, then obviously you have a strong enough opinion that you should vote yourself, that or accept the fact that she will be the only one of you two who atleast has the right to complain the next 4 years either way.

[justagrandma]

First of all being a single white male does't mean you won't be affected if abortion becomes illegal.
Unless you're either gay or expect to be virgin until marriage, and maybe afterwards if you don't want more than two or three kids.
Birth control does fail. And married couples do find themselves pregnant at the wrong time or with one too many.
You could find yourself and your partner in a situation where it does matter to you.
As for your cousin, either she's not put legal abortion to the forefront of her choices, or she feels so guilty over what happened that she's rejected it for others. Rape victims often feel guilt where none is needed, and the mood today is to heap guilt on women who choose to abort.

As to it being a state issue, theoretically it is, practically we've seen six hundred new laws restricting abortion or regulations on abortion clinics or funding of Planned Parenthood that would severely limit access, with one state bragging that there is no abortion there, and two others with only one or two clinics to serve the entire state. If we have a president and congress that is against legal abortion they could fix it so there would be far fewer clinics making it extremely difficult to find one.
Or emotionally damaging. Things like ultrasounds so you can see the fetus or forced transvaginal probes, done only by doctors and not tech which would also make it more expensive, there are dozens of ways we could lose the ability to have a safe, legal abortion.

[godless]

I find it hypocritical that Republicans say that they want less government, and then they turn around and try to control other people's lives (and especially women and their bodies) - usually by putting on the mantle of "God said so."

The Republicans also talk a lot about freedom, but it often means just their own freedom and may come at the cost of other people's freedoms (such as abortion or the ability to love and marry who you wish).

It's a woman's body and her choice. As long as person can't be forced even to donate blood to save somebody else, a woman should not be forced to carry a fetus that she doesn't want.

[Gwennie B]

You'd have to ask her; we're not mind-readers.