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In reply to the discussion: Abortion: what is really the issue? [View all]WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)55. Yes, that lines up with what I've learned. I know we still have ...
quite a way to go but I'm truly surprised by the high number of women who are still voting that way though since it's not at all reflective of my own past and current experience. Is that a US or global figure?
I'm truly very curious about the studies the 45% numbers come from. I'd especially like to know how recent and regionally diverse they were. Would you please point me to the sources or textbook/book used? TIA.
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Yep. Most everything in the Boble supports abortion. Very little "pro-forced birth."
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2020
#21
Someone asked some Republicans about paying a child stippend for those pregnant during COVID. . .
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2020
#22
The apple in the garden of Eden represented knowledge. That's what they're against
Walleye
Oct 2020
#5
The religious "tenets" re: abortion are not based on logic, except perhaps for the political gains
hlthe2b
Oct 2020
#11
Theologically, it is all about "ensoulment" -- the moment that the fetus receives a "soul"
Klaralven
Oct 2020
#17
I find it always freaks people out when I point out there are directions in the Bible.
Gore1FL
Oct 2020
#18
evolutionary psychology. it is the prime directive to pass on that packet of dna.
mopinko
Oct 2020
#20
Like all the other GOP hard-line stands, it's bait and switch, and that's why it's nonsense
Mr. Ected
Oct 2020
#30
"How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control" - an article from 2018
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#44