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To: JeffAtlanta

Dear JeffAtlanta,

I didn't say that most folks believe that they want to change abortion laws. Most folks honestly believe that the law does not provide for abortion on demand. Most folks think that there are already meaningful legal restrictions on abortion.

Most folks don't realize that most abortions aren't for rape, incest, life of the mother. When folks hear the statistic - 96% of abortions are NOT for rape, or incest, or the life of the mother, they're shocked.

But when the question is asked, would you restrict legal abortion to rape, incest, life of the mother, the biggies, you get pretty sizable majorities saying, "Yes."

If you phrase it as saying, "Would you ban 96% of abortions?" or if you say, "Would you generally ban abortion?" you get lots of nos.

That's because most folks don't realize that abortion is used primarily to take care of personal problems, not as a reaction to the extremes of rape, etc.


sitetest


670 posted on 11/13/2004 2:29:48 PM PST by sitetest (It is better to kill the unborn because they can't raise such a fuss.)
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To: sitetest
Most folks honestly believe that the law does not provide for abortion on demand. Most folks think that there are already meaningful legal restrictions on abortion.

Respectfully, I don't think this is true. It makes big news anytime that conservatives try to put any type of restriction at all on abortion.
677 posted on 11/13/2004 2:40:12 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: sitetest
Most folks honestly believe that the law does not provide for abortion on demand. Most folks think that there are already meaningful legal restrictions on abortion.

Nobody I know believes that. The people you know must be totally ignorant.

684 posted on 11/13/2004 2:48:03 PM PST by Amelia (Didn't watch the movie, but I did read The Book.)
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