There is something very important the "Pro-Lifers" don't talk about in their literature. The very policies they promote are causing more abortions. The U.S. still has an extremely high abortion rate compared to other industrialized countries due to this dangerous and irresponsible movement.
"Pro-lifers" rarely talk about contraception. Instead they talk about abstinence-only education, which has been proven not to work. The pro-choice movement, lead by Planned Parenthood, are working just as hard to prevent unintended pregnancy as they are to keep a woman's right to choose legal.
As Christina Page over at the Huffington Post points out, even late-term abortions are increased in states with the most severe restrictions on abortions. And Page goes on:
The pro-life paradox appears everywhere its policies are in place. School districts in the conservative South are almost five times more likely than in the liberal Northeast to teach abstinence-only. Southern states also have the highest rate of new HIV/AIDS infections, the highest rate of STDs, as well as the highest rate of teen births. Whereas new cases of AIDS decreased or remained constant in the Northeast, Midwest, and West, the South alone experienced an increase. Seven of the 10 states with the highest Chlamydia rates, all of the states with the highest rates of gonorrhea, and nine of the top 10 states for syphilis rates are all in the South where the pro-life abstinence-only agenda is the order of the day.
Recently, I heard our resident pro-life cuckoo Kim Lehman talking on the radio about how evil Planned Parenthood is for daring to have a Web site that is sexually accurate and gives all the facts about abortion and STDs. How dare Planned Parenthood actually provide accurate information and resources for confused teenagers? As the mother of two teenage daughters, I am glad it's there. My kids are lucky that they have a mom to talk to about these issues, but not every child is so fortunate.
Shorter version: "We have to kill the babies to save the children."*
It's always "for the children," isn't it?
Even abortion is "for the children" now.
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*Reminds me of "We had to destroy the village to save it."
Posted by: Bill Hobbs | August 15, 2007 7:50 AM | Permalink to Comment