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Also, even though abortion shouldnt be outlawed because its not murder, it shows just how far to the gutter our society has gone that the action is even required.
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Unwanted pregnancies have been an issue societies have faced since...forever. Before legalized abortion, women did not have the option to terminate their pregnancies in a safe and sanitary manner, so they often resorted to the "coat hanger in a back alley" method, which of course led to all kinds of health problems.
I think it's a sign of a modern and progressive society that we grant the right to women to choose to abort unwanted pregnancies in the safety of a medical clinic, performed by a doctor.
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And the fact that the US is the only country still fighting (all be it a losing cause) the issue while every other country has given up shows the social difference that defines the US vis a vi the rest of the world.
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The US, like all the Western democratic nations, already settled the abortion matter decades ago with the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. Anyone still "fighting" the issue is just wasting effort trying to overturn something that was already decided long ago.
Besides, conservative Christians in the US have it completely backwards. If they
really wanted to prevent abortions, they'd be fully in favour of teaching comprehensive sex education to teenagers, including how to acquire and effectively use various different methods of birth control. So why haven't they adobted that approach but instead opted for the head-in-the-sand "abstinence only" curriculum? Because Evangelical Christians don't
really care about abortion, rather that's just a front for what they actually want to prevent: premarital sex.