[lbo-talk] Re: I'm not sorry

[C. G. Estabrook]

Many of us who oppose abortion do so from the apparently inescapable
conclusion that it ends a human life.  Even if one is not an absolute
pacifist, ending a human life under any circumstances seems to require a
strong justification.

That Jews have been severely persecuted does not justify the oppression of
Palestinians; that women have been oppressed does not justify the ending
of human lives.  That seems clear enough that many defenders of abortion
as ethical have been forced to argue that abortion doesn't end a human
life.  --CGE

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, YOSHIE FURUHASHI wrote:


> ...About 44.2% of American women who had abortions say they had them
> not because they "had to" due to ill health, dire poverty, etc. but
> because they wanted to, in order to postpone child-bearing, to have no
> (or no more) children, or to avoid disrupting their work or education.
> 
> 21% of American women say that they had abortions because they could
> not afford a baby.  It would be interesting if data about the incomes
> and wealth of women who chose this answer were available.
> 
> In Finland, in contrast to the United States, 85.5% of women who had
> abortions say they had them because "[h]aving a child will disrupt
> education or job."
>