Unionized abortions for California!

Two other ballot iniatives here in California seem to have the backing of the voters even as they hate the idea of another special election:

Californians narrowly support a November ballot initiative that would require parents to be notification before girls under age 18 receive abortions. And they solidly favor making it tougher for unions to use dues for political contributions, according to Field Poll results released Thursday.

The abortion measure is favored 48-42, while the union issue is favored by a 57-32 margin, meaning that union funding is more important that parental notification even if the later is likely to have more impact on more people. Go figure.

So look for Arnold to come out in hard support of those measures, especially the union one, in an attempt to regain his political footing.

My real question is why how unions spend their money is of import to so many people who aren't in the union and what business it is of theirs what those who pay their dues want to do. It would seem this should be more of an internal decision made by union members than the general public. But what the hell, Golden State, butt in where you have no real need to. It's the American way.