With abortion rates now at a historical low

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6. A LOT of them believe the right wing propaganda

A few months back I was talking to a woman about choice. She had heard Trump talk about late term abortions and believed the horrific description he had used about babies being ripped limb from limb "on a whim." (Not sure if that is what Trump said, that is what the woman said.

I had a long discussion with her about why safe abortions need to be available. That even if woman - or their men - use birth control that it is not 100% effective. That even if birth control were 100% effective there are medical situation that make abortion advisable. That late term abortions are pretty much always a medical decision, not an elective choice and that removing that option KILLS women.

She didn't have much to add to the discussion other than her ignorance and repeating right wing talking points. Even though she is in the health care field - she is a home care taker - she had little knowledge of the medical reasons that an abortion might be needed.

The one point in her favor is that she will probably never vote in her life. She is a Jehovah's Witness and told me that they are not allowed to vote.

By the time we were finished talking she at least was thinking about the possibility that abortion might not be completely evil and that there are situations in which one might be needed. I didn't try to push elective abortion as a concept - that is beyond her - but that she would think more about the need to not totally ban abortions was a major step.