Roque Amaury Tineo:
While Reagan served as Governor of California, he made abortion legal there in 1967.
The national debate on abortion had just begun when Reagan took office. Democratic California state senator Anthony Beilenson introduced the “Therapeutic Abortion Act,” in an effort to reduce the number of “back-room abortions” performed in California.
After some time of indecision Reagan signed the bill into la...w. Now, it’s true that Reagan later declared himself to be pro-life, but one has to wonder why he would sign the bill.
Republicans will argue that Reagan was an inexperienced politician, but while that is true, he wasn’t a young man either. Born in 1911, Reagan had already experienced 56 years of life by the time he made the decision to legalize abortion. Reagan would certainly have known of abortion and what it’s all about.
The way I see it, Reagan knew that legalizing abortion was the right thing to do, that it would increase the freedom and rights of women, but in order to pander to the Christian Right and family values Republican groups, Reagan had to renounce his decision in order to gain these wings of the Republican Party.
Reagan’s real instincts concerning abortion led him to legalize it, and the shrewd politician in him later renounced those instincts for political gain.
Sheer genius.
Reagan passed away in 2004 and since his death, Nancy Reagan has expressed her support in stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research and she believes that the research is the key to finding a cure for Alzheimers, a disease that her husband had been diagnosed with. Ronald Reagan would most likely agree with his beloved wife.
June 27, 2011
By Stephen D. Foster Jr.
The national debate on abortion had just begun when Reagan took office. Democratic California state senator Anthony Beilenson introduced the “Therapeutic Abortion Act,” in an effort to reduce the number of “back-room abortions” performed in California.
After some time of indecision Reagan signed the bill into la...w. Now, it’s true that Reagan later declared himself to be pro-life, but one has to wonder why he would sign the bill.
Republicans will argue that Reagan was an inexperienced politician, but while that is true, he wasn’t a young man either. Born in 1911, Reagan had already experienced 56 years of life by the time he made the decision to legalize abortion. Reagan would certainly have known of abortion and what it’s all about.
The way I see it, Reagan knew that legalizing abortion was the right thing to do, that it would increase the freedom and rights of women, but in order to pander to the Christian Right and family values Republican groups, Reagan had to renounce his decision in order to gain these wings of the Republican Party.
Reagan’s real instincts concerning abortion led him to legalize it, and the shrewd politician in him later renounced those instincts for political gain.
Sheer genius.
Reagan passed away in 2004 and since his death, Nancy Reagan has expressed her support in stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research and she believes that the research is the key to finding a cure for Alzheimers, a disease that her husband had been diagnosed with. Ronald Reagan would most likely agree with his beloved wife.
June 27, 2011
By Stephen D. Foster Jr.
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