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Robert Charles: Abortion deeply divides America -- Here's why the debate is suddenly front and center again
Abortion deeply divides Americans. The topic can hardly be raised, without eliciting emotional responses against and for. Since Roe v. Wade, a 1973 Supreme Court decision barring states from restricting abortion, the issue has become overtly political. Now, something new is afoot. The issue seems headed for the Supreme Court – again....
It's so funny how many liberals say a woman shouldn't be forced to provide for another life, but they seem to love the idea of others being forced to provide for others.
The argument here, by some, is " you can starve if you choose."
Less than 1% of all abortions are performed to save the life of the mother.
from the article.
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Due to significant medical advances, the danger of pregnancy to the mother has declined considerably since 1967. Yet even at that time Dr. Alan Guttmacher of Planned Parenthood acknowledged: [1]
Today it is possible for almost any patient to be brought through pregnancy alive, unless she suffers from a fatal illness such as cancer or leukemia, and, if so, abortion would be unlikely to prolong, much less save, life.
Abortion deeply divides America because both sides of the aisle (and religious groups) use it as a wedge issue to motivate their bases to support them monetarily and at the polls. If this was actually a contentious issue, other similarly-situated first world nations would be struggling with it as well.
and whats that have to do with abortion? I am curious how many of those deaths are not people from coming here illegally and did not get proper care before.
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And yet the US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world.
Abortion deeply divides America because both sides of the aisle (and religious groups) use it as a wedge issue to motivate their bases to support them monetarily and at the polls. If this was actually a contentious issue, other similarly-situated first world nations would be struggling with it as well.
who says they are not?
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Less than 1% of all abortions are performed to save the life of the mother.
