I think Campolo nails the issue that I have discussed in the past as well.
Consider an 18-year-old single pregnant woman who is working at the minimum wage, has no health insurance, and no prospect of daycare for her unborn child. Would not these realities provide strong inclinations to have an abortion? Sadly, the same members of Congress who claim they are pro-life stand against addressing the economic measures that could dramatically reduce abortions in our country.
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It is not enough to advocate the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Pro-life Republicans must join pro-life Democrats and address the economic problems that are driving hundreds of thousands of young women to think that abortion is their only option.
The issue needs to be de-politicized long enough for some level-headed assessment. Abortion is an effect of a range of causes that must be taken into account. These are all causes that affect life in general. Abortion is, I think, a symptom of an illness in a society. Legislating against abortion is like taking ibuprofen for an abscess tooth. No matter how much you cover up the pain, it will continue to be infected and find a way to be a worse problem than before. You have to eliminate the cause of the problem or the problem will continue to fester and find a way to become much worse.
(HT: The Church Geek)
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While it is the other side of the issue, those who don't take the approach adovcated by Drew would be confronted with the difficulties of enforcement. It is a fact that, however unplesent, aboriton is not a difficult or extereamly dangerious medical procedure. The equipment and the expertise (in the large majority of cases) to "do it right" just is not that hard to come by. Given the situation Drew describes, it would not be difficult for a young woman to take the chance and chose to terminate the pregancy, law or no law.
The amature and black-market abortion is not unthinkable and is, in fact, a common reality in those parts of the world where abortion is illegal. In fact, the rate of abortion in a population GOES UP as the law becomes more restrictive. The reason is simple: Those societies that allow abortion also tend to take Drew's approach, and the result is a win-win for both sides of the issue.
While it is the other side of the issue, those who don't take the approach adovcated by Drew would be confronted with the difficulties of enforcement. It is a fact that, however unplesent, aboriton is not a difficult or extereamly dangerious medical procedure. The equipment and the expertise (in the large majority of cases) to "do it right" just is not that hard to come by. Given the situation Drew describes, it would not be difficult for a young woman to take the chance and chose to terminate the pregancy, law or no law.
The amature and black-market abortion is not unthinkable and is, in fact, a common reality in those parts of the world where abortion is illegal. In fact, the rate of abortion in a population GOES UP as the law becomes more restrictive. The reason is simple: Those societies that allow abortion also tend to take Drew's approach, and the result is a win-win for both sides of the issue.
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