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Myth that Abortions Increased Under Bush Dismantled By Unlikely Source If you remember your high school Greek mythology class, one of the most intriguing tales remains as relevant today as it was when written thousands of years ago. It is the myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus angered one of the many Greek gods and he was condemned to push a stone up a hill for all of eternity. Beyond the physical pain and labor, an extra soul-sapping punishment was added. Each time he managed to get the rock to the top, it would roll back down the hill. Endless frustration and...

Michael New, a professor at the University of Alabama and friend of mine, writes in: "In the Corner I have noticed a lot of discussion about Dr. Stassen's article in Sojourners. As someone who has done some research on fluctuations in abortion rates, I might have some insights to offer. Overall, I think that Dr. Stassen's reasoning is very flawed for the following reasons. "1) Academic researchers who study abortion, almost never use data from state health departments the way Dr. Stassen does. Papers in academic journals always use data from either the Center for Disease Control (CDC) or the...

By way of review: Glen Harold Stassen, an ethics professor at Fuller, wrote an op-ed piece (Pro-Life? Look at the Fruits) arguing that abortion have risen under Bush’s presidency due to conservative economic policies. The National Right to Life Committee wrote a critique (short version and a long version). One of their points was that despite Prof. Stassen’s insistence that he was consistently pro-life, he was, in fact, one of the original signatories of ‘A Call to Concern,’ a 1977 document that expressed support for the Roe v. Wade decision and affirmed that ‘abortion in some instances may be the...