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To: Modernman
That increase has to do with the fact that abortions and contraception were legalized at around the same time. Contraception didn't lead to an increase in abortions, the legalization of abortion did.

And it was a coincidence that not long after contraception became legal, abortion did? Please.

Examine the situation and ask yourself if people would behave differently if they were not assured that contraception (and abortion) would keep them safe from consequences.

I base my theory on the fact that people will tend to, on the whole, act rationally. You seem to base it on the fact that people will have oodles of promicuous sex no matter what. I don't think that's a grounded opinion.

SD

413 posted on 05/05/2005 1:29:39 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
And it was a coincidence that not long after contraception became legal, abortion did? Please.

Probably not. The Roe decision is an extension of the various SCOTUS decisions outlawing contraception bans. That being said, access to contraception does not lead to increases in abortion.

Examine the situation and ask yourself if people would behave differently if they were not assured that contraception (and abortion) would keep them safe from consequences.

Perhaps. However, there is an inalienable human right to control one's body. Contraception certainly falls under that right. The question of whether abortion does is more arguable.

416 posted on 05/05/2005 1:41:24 PM PDT by Modernman ("Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde)
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