A New Way on Abortion

As we saw with the protests at President Obama's appearance at Notre Dame, the abortion culture wars are tearing our country apart. However, in that same appearance, President Obama outlined a new way forward on abortion that people on all sides of the issue can support: reducing unitended pregnancies and reforming adoption and supporting women who choose to carry their pregnacy to term. (Scroll down to learn more about Faithful America and abortion).

Sign below to support this new way on abortion and the spirit of "open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words," President Obama called for.

President Obama, we support your call for civility and "fair-minded words" in the abortion debate and join you in seeking the common ground you outlined in your speech at Notre Dame: working together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, making adoption more available and providing care and support for women who do carry their pregnancies to term.
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About Faithful America:

Faithful America is an online community of tens of thousands of citizens motivated by faith to take action on the pressing moral issues of our time in service of the common good. We have members who identify as pro-choice and pro-life. Our advocacy on the abortion issue mirrors what President Obama called for in his Notre Dame speech. Legislation that comes the closest to this approach is the Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act.

In Faithful America's 2009 meber survey, we asked the multiple choice question: "Some people are taking a new approach to the issue of abortion.  Legislation has been proposed to reduce the number of abortions in America by both preventing unintended pregnancies and supporting pregnant women and new parents through sex education, access to contraception, improved health care options, and expanding adoption.  The bill enables pro-life and pro-choice advocates to find common ground to reduce the number of abortions without ciminalized the procedure.  If Faithful America were to make supporting this approach to the issue of abortion a priority, how would you feel?"

Forty-five percent responded "very excite," 37.6% responded "somewhat excited," 13.1% responded "neutral," 2.6% responded disappointed and 1.2% responded "very disappointed"

Text and video of President Obama's remarks at Notre Dame:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/17/obama-notre-dame-speech-f_n_204387.html