I haven't really thought about it like this, but I think you are spot on. It is ashame.1. During elections: It is a huge issue, one of less then 10 or so issues that can determine a person's vote on it's own.
2. During actual governance: It gets no attention, because it affects very few people's actual lives. Politicians actual governance of the country is focused on things that affect our lives materially, for our country's resources are finite.
jakurus said:I've come to the conclusion that there is only one option for any country that respects the rights of its people with respect to abortion.
In fact, there is only one moral option to choose.
Abortions must be "safe, legal, and rare."
*assumptions: virtually all abortions performed are either medically necessary or necessary to the future of the family. *
The only difference between a society where abortions are illegal and legal is that in a society in which they are legal, the abortions kill less women in the process, and in a society where they are illegal, more women die at the hands of less reputable doctors in shabbier conditions.
The same numbers of babies die, and it's a tragedy, but the only material difference between the societies is that more innocent mothers die if abortion is illegal.
jakurus said:The same numbers of babies die, and it's a tragedy, but the only material difference between the societies is that more innocent mothers die if abortion is illegal.
jakurus said:Here we go:
Abortion Statistics - World
In 54 countries (61% of the world population) abortions are legal.
In 97 countries (39% of the world population) abortions are illegal.
There are approximately 46 million abortions conducted eacy year, 20 million of them obtained illegally.
There are approximately 126,000 abortions conducted each day.
Abortion Statistics - U.S.
Approximately 1,370,000 abortions occur annually in the U.S. according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Click here to see the approximate number of abortions in the U.S. per year from 1973-1996. In 2001, 1.31 million abortions took place.
88% of abortions occur during the first 6 to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
60% of abortions are performed on women who already have one or more children.
47% of abortions are performed on women who have already had one or more abortions.
43% of women will have had at least one abortion by the time they are 45 years old (this statistic includes miscarriages in the term "abortion").
jakurus said:Some data is better than no data.
My whole premise is of course theory, but I would hope people don't just decide to get an abortion for convenience. Either their life is over if they carry out the pregnancy or they need it because of medical/mental health reaons, or they got raped.
jakurus said:In any case, it's nothing worth losing an election over.
Worse case if it's legal: people get a few abortions for convenience.
Illegal: women carry the baby to term and give the baby up for adoption.
I can live with either, I can't live with corruption in government.
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