This topic is controversial because many politicians and citizens alike, think that they have the right to decide and vote on laws that affect a woman’s body. A current issue that surrounds this general topic is the defunding of planned parenthood. The defunding of planned parenthood is taking away basic healthcare to people who need it most, people struggling to get by and care about their bodies enough to prevent pregnancy and keep themselves safe and educated when it comes to sex. What does this have to do with abortion? Senator Sanders supports the idea of planned parenthood because he does not want us to digress when it comes to women’s rights and safety. Without planned parenthood, desperate women will feel the need to make dangerous and potentially deadly choices when it comes to trying to eliminate a …show more content…
Although, to many, this idea seems outlandish and unattainable it is something that countries around the world have attempted and succeeded in. Senator Sanders believes that the cost of college tuition along with the inevitable long lasting student debt, is crushing student’s will to learn and make a life for themselves. Another big problem Senator Sanders has with this issue is that the federal government makes money off of student loan programs, Senator Sanders sees this as immoral and that the government should focus more on lessening the debts than on profiting from the students in our country. Low income students are a priority for Senator Sanders, he would like to make it possible for the colleges to cover all expenses for these low income kids. Senator Sanders plans to make this all a reality by imposing a tax on wall street speculators. Other countries have done the same type of taxing to achieve more funding for education and again, succeeded. Based on our country's history of bailing out wall street in 2008, there is no reason we would not be able to work towards coming up with the strategies and money to fund education for our country's youth. This is important for everyone that our younger generations are educated and have every opportunity they can get to prepare themselves for when they are in charge of the country. Senator Sanders is advocating for this