Sometimes I dream that Bush was re-elected and then wake up screaming when I realize that’s not just a nightmare. More often, however, I lie awake worrying about the “Democrats” padding their platforms with moderate and faith-inspired views.

My insomnia, along with rumors that even Hillary Clinton sold out to the “religion wins votes” club, drove me to procure a copy of Sen. Clinton’s frequently quipped Roe vs. Wade anniversary speech.

Contrary to my expectations, Sen. Clinton’s speech correctly highlighted the futility of yelling back and forth, “embryos have souls so abortion is murder!” and “prohibiting abortion is really about controlling women!” See, when I’m elected supreme ruler of the universe, I plan to study the reasons women resort to abortion and then launch programs to eliminate these causes.

So whether Sen. Clinton has genuine or political motivation, I fully support her assessments that a) prohibiting abortion won’t make it go away, and b) arguing to keep it legal won’t, for example, improve accessibility of women’s health care. Therefore the pro-choice and pro-life camps must work together, despite different motivations, to significantly reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and thereby abortions in the following ways:

First, no 16-year-old is mature enough for sex. But tell that to the 16-year-old in love for the first time. Or tell that to the 16-year-old living in a poverty-stricken area where promiscuity seems to promise acceptance or a means of escape. Abstinence-only programs leave sexually active teens in the dark about contraceptive and protection options. A government-sponsored sex education program that encourages honest discussion about the benefits of abstinence, about the risks of STDs and pregnancy and about contraception and protection would prevent teenage pregnancy more effectively.

Second, family planning and contraceptive services must be made readily available to women of all income levels. This entails increased funding for family planning services and health centers, a much better use of federal funds than, say, padding Homeland Security. Moreover, family planning and contraceptive services must be affordable. For this reason, we must support the bill co-sponsored by Sen. Clinton that, if passed, will “require private health plans to cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives and related medical services to the same extent that they cover prescription drugs and other outpatient medical services.”

Third, rape accounts for 15,000 abortions a year. Thus, Plan B or other morning-after pills must be offered to rape victims routinely. Also, the severity of rape must also be recognized by our legal system. So often, we talk about rape in the passive voice, saying, “13,000 women are raped every year” (as according to Now.org) and “women should travel in groups to prevent rape.” What we should say instead is “13,000 MEN rape women every year” and “the only people with the ability to prevent rape are the men doing the raping.” It’s time to take a severe and honest look at the ways our culture encourages male violence. It’s time to punish rape as the hate crime against women that it represents.

Last, pro-lifers often promote adoption as an alternative to abortion without regard for the racism factor. In our country, black and Hispanic babies are much less likely to be adopted than white babies. In fact, due to higher demand for Caucasian babies, adopting one is more expensive than adopting a child of any other race. Say an impoverished black woman doesn’t feel that embryos are human. Why should she choose to carry to term a child that probably won’t be adopted? Answering this question requires reassessing the difficulties and expenses of the adoption process. We need to encourage affordable as well as interracial adoption.

Pursuing the aforementioned actions will result in fewer teenage pregnancies, increased availability of contraceptive and family planning services, fewer instances of rape and an increased number of adoptions. This, in turn, will significantly reduce the need for abortion.

Next we need a strategy for taking back the White House. I could really use the sleep.