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Perhaps we should spread the word to our conservative friends....
From Alas, a Blog:
Voting for pro-life politicians increases abortion
Posted by ampersand
"I've posted in the past about the curious fact that, if pro-lifers main goal is reducing abortion, they'd be better off supporting pro-choice politicians. Internationally, the countries with the lowest abortion rates are invariably countries that have legal abortion, strong welfare states and widely available (and encouraged) use of birth control. (In contrast, not a single country that has banned abortion has a low abortion rate; they simply have high rates of illegal abortion.)
"Now the evidence shows that what's true internationally is true domestically - in the USA, the policies pursued by pro-life politicians are associated with higher abortion rates. "
http://amptoons.poliblog.com/blog/001206.html
Voting for pro-life politicians increases abortion
Posted by ampersand
"I've posted in the past about the curious fact that, if pro-lifers main goal is reducing abortion, they'd be better off supporting pro-choice politicians. Internationally, the countries with the lowest abortion rates are invariably countries that have legal abortion, strong welfare states and widely available (and encouraged) use of birth control. (In contrast, not a single country that has banned abortion has a low abortion rate; they simply have high rates of illegal abortion.)
"Now the evidence shows that what's true internationally is true domestically - in the USA, the policies pursued by pro-life politicians are associated with higher abortion rates. "
http://amptoons.poliblog.com/blog/001206.html