12 Feb '12 00:54>
There is plenty of research that has been done in in many different nations over the years that shows
that the number of abortions being done isn't really significantly affected by whether or not it is legal.
There will obviously be some who wont have an abortion because it is illegal, but statistically it doesn't
seem to make a significant difference to the number of abortions that happen overall.
The difference is that those abortions that happen where it is illegal (or prohibitively hard to access) is that
those abortions are unsafe...
http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/anatomy-of-an-unsafe-abortion/
And unsafe abortions lead to deaths, lots of them.
Those clamouring for abortions to be made illegal because of their religious beliefs claim to be the "pro-Life" movement.
A movement that has used assassination as a tactic on numerous occasions.
However they can't but know (Because they get told this time and time again) that abortion rates are largely unaffected
by making it illegal, what changes is the number of women dying from unsafe abortions.
And to add insult to injury the very same religious people clamouring to make abortions illegal are the same ones promoting
the worse than useless abstinence only education programs. Programs that directly increase the rate of unwanted teen
pregnancies and increase the rate of abortions.
I find the use of the label "pro-Life" for these people doubly offensive.
First it implies that the other side is somehow anti-life.
And second, these people care not one jot for saving lives.
They care only for enforcing their own religions medieval morality and control of and subjugation of women.
Whether they are members of the religion or not.
The Pro-Life side of this debate is the Pro-Choice side.
The side that doesn't try to destroy women's healthcare on the off-chance that they might get an abortion so cancer screening and
general female healthcare gets cut.
The side that promotes decent Sex-ED that teaches people how to have safe sex and not have unwanted pregnancies or sexually
transmitted diseases.
The side that doesn't try to make every women obey the rules of a particular religion whether she wants to or not, or is a member or
not.
The side that doesn't try to force a women to turn her body into a life support machine for 9 months, risking her job, health, life...
The side that doesn't try to force a rape victim to carry her rapists baby, and also the side that doesn't blame the rape victim for
being raped.
The side that doesn't lie and distort the facts to try to win it's argument.
The side that promotes measures that actually reduce unwanted pregnancies and thus abortions.
The side that allows a women to choose what happens inside her own body.
The Pro-Life people are the Pro-Choice people.
The Anti-Choice lobby isn't interested in saving lives... Just in imposing their control over women's sexuality.
You can read it in the bible, childbirth is supposed to be gods revenge on women for the 'sins' of Eve.
This fairy tale explanation by primitive ancient people trying to make sense of the harsh world around them needs to be stamped out.
It's hold destroyed.
For those wondering what the dangers of believing things without evidence, on faith, are.
For those wondering why rationalists and skeptics spend so much time fighting back against irrational faith based beliefs and stupidity.
You need look no farther than this demonstration of what harm religion does.
What harm there is in believing things based on faith as opposed to reason and evidence.
that the number of abortions being done isn't really significantly affected by whether or not it is legal.
There will obviously be some who wont have an abortion because it is illegal, but statistically it doesn't
seem to make a significant difference to the number of abortions that happen overall.
The difference is that those abortions that happen where it is illegal (or prohibitively hard to access) is that
those abortions are unsafe...
http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/anatomy-of-an-unsafe-abortion/
And unsafe abortions lead to deaths, lots of them.
Those clamouring for abortions to be made illegal because of their religious beliefs claim to be the "pro-Life" movement.
A movement that has used assassination as a tactic on numerous occasions.
However they can't but know (Because they get told this time and time again) that abortion rates are largely unaffected
by making it illegal, what changes is the number of women dying from unsafe abortions.
And to add insult to injury the very same religious people clamouring to make abortions illegal are the same ones promoting
the worse than useless abstinence only education programs. Programs that directly increase the rate of unwanted teen
pregnancies and increase the rate of abortions.
I find the use of the label "pro-Life" for these people doubly offensive.
First it implies that the other side is somehow anti-life.
And second, these people care not one jot for saving lives.
They care only for enforcing their own religions medieval morality and control of and subjugation of women.
Whether they are members of the religion or not.
The Pro-Life side of this debate is the Pro-Choice side.
The side that doesn't try to destroy women's healthcare on the off-chance that they might get an abortion so cancer screening and
general female healthcare gets cut.
The side that promotes decent Sex-ED that teaches people how to have safe sex and not have unwanted pregnancies or sexually
transmitted diseases.
The side that doesn't try to make every women obey the rules of a particular religion whether she wants to or not, or is a member or
not.
The side that doesn't try to force a women to turn her body into a life support machine for 9 months, risking her job, health, life...
The side that doesn't try to force a rape victim to carry her rapists baby, and also the side that doesn't blame the rape victim for
being raped.
The side that doesn't lie and distort the facts to try to win it's argument.
The side that promotes measures that actually reduce unwanted pregnancies and thus abortions.
The side that allows a women to choose what happens inside her own body.
The Pro-Life people are the Pro-Choice people.
The Anti-Choice lobby isn't interested in saving lives... Just in imposing their control over women's sexuality.
You can read it in the bible, childbirth is supposed to be gods revenge on women for the 'sins' of Eve.
This fairy tale explanation by primitive ancient people trying to make sense of the harsh world around them needs to be stamped out.
It's hold destroyed.
For those wondering what the dangers of believing things without evidence, on faith, are.
For those wondering why rationalists and skeptics spend so much time fighting back against irrational faith based beliefs and stupidity.
You need look no farther than this demonstration of what harm religion does.
What harm there is in believing things based on faith as opposed to reason and evidence.