[lbo-talk] abortion poll

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 3/9/07, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> John wrote:
> >Wouldn't a radically pro-abortion supporter give no thought to why a
> >woman wished to have an abortion?
>
> I would think a radically pro-abortion supporter would give a lot of
> thought to this.  It's those who are anti-abortion who don't think
> about the reasons a woman would want to have an abortion.  As far as
> they're concerned there is no reason to have an abortion so there is
> no reason to think about it.

According to the poll in question, though, both a large proportion of
pro-choice and anti-abortion Americans have abandoned the extremes of
"aboriton for any reason" and "no abortion for any reason" and
converged on the center.  Presumably in part because those on the
pro-choice side have thought more about controversies over D&X and in
part because those on the anti-abortion side have thought more about
why women have abortions, both sides judging some reasons and
procedures to be legitimate but not others.
-- 
Yoshie
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