[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

religion was the sole reason behind denying an abortion.

This is not a fact. The major reasons behind the laws making abortion illegal were advances in medicine and the feminism of the suffragettes. Up until the early 19th century most physicians and other people had no idea that unborn children were alive, before the so called 'quickening' in the fifth month, which had been interpreted as the beginning of life. Abortion was not feasible after that point, and the realization that the child was alive led the medical associations to forbid physicians to assist in abortions.

Early suffragettes, such as Susan B. Anthony, recognized that the function of abortion was to allow men to exploit women for sexual purposes, without consequences. The fact that this is true is still demonstrated by the fact that abortion is more supported by men than women in America today.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

The major reasons behind the laws making abortion illegal were advances in medicine and the feminism of the suffragettes. Up until the early 19th century most physicians and other people had no idea that unborn children were alive, before the so called 'quickening' in the fifth month, which had been interpreted as the beginning of life. Abortion was not feasible after that point, and the realization that the child was alive led the medical associations to forbid physicians to assist in abortions.

Early suffragettes, such as Susan B. Anthony, recognized that the function of abortion was to allow men to exploit women for sexual purposes, without consequences. The fact that this is true is still demonstrated by the fact that abortion is more supported by men than women in America today.

I bet you didn't find this on the front page of the NYTimes. All the more reason to keep it handy.

[eastsider]

[A]bortion is more supported by men than women in America today.

If this is really true, it's a major revelation.

[Almondjoy]

I think you are missing some key points on that. First off men generally have no binding association to a baby.. back in the 60's and 70's there certainly wasn't any DNA evidence to keep people bound.. even often times child support is a joke that is half enforced. Abortion may be a quick fix for some men but I think that more men may be inclined to think of abortion as acceptable because most men(liberal or not) would often say "it's not my body it's not my choice" so they in fact defer to women to make the choice whether it should be legal or not.