"HK" wrote in message
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For thinking adults, abortion is not an easy decision.

There is so much hypocrisy surrounding beliefs about human sexuality and
reproduction that I look askance at anyone who wants to make abortion
illegal. Many of the same people who are vehemently anti-abortion are also
against teaching proper birth control methods to pre-teens and teens, and
against making condoms and other devices easily available to anyone who
wants them. My favorites are the ones who preach "abstinence." Bill Maher
had a wonderful "bit" about the actual impact of such preaching on young
women...


I think your first sentence is spot on, although I would add the word,
"responsible" before "thinking".

I have no idea how you arrive at the conclusions in the rest of your post
though. Sure, I read about "extremists" (usually religious fanatics) who
don't like to talk about or believe in birth control, but I don't know any
personally. Most people can differentiate and accept responsible teens and
adults exercising birth control measures, versus "Don't worry about it,
we'll just get an abortion".

Sometimes those in the media place an emphasis on issues that in reality
only applies to a very limited segment of the population. Makes news, you
know.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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For thinking adults, abortion is not an easy decision.

There is so much hypocrisy surrounding beliefs about human sexuality and
reproduction that I look askance at anyone who wants to make abortion
illegal. Many of the same people who are vehemently anti-abortion are also
against teaching proper birth control methods to pre-teens and teens, and
against making condoms and other devices easily available to anyone who
wants them. My favorites are the ones who preach "abstinence." Bill Maher
had a wonderful "bit" about the actual impact of such preaching on young
women...


I think your first sentence is spot on, although I would add the word,
"responsible" before "thinking".

I have no idea how you arrive at the conclusions in the rest of your post
though. Sure, I read about "extremists" (usually religious fanatics) who
don't like to talk about or believe in birth control, but I don't know any
personally. Most people can differentiate and accept responsible teens and
adults exercising birth control measures, versus "Don't worry about it,
we'll just get an abortion".

Sometimes those in the media place an emphasis on issues that in reality
only applies to a very limited segment of the population. Makes news, you
know.

Eisboch



Well, I lived in what is referred to as "the Bible belt" for close to
six years, and encountered large numbers of fanatics who were
anti-abortion *and* anti-birth control. They were everywhere.

As I have stated many times previously, I don't really care much about
what "religious" people practice or preach in their houses of worship or
in their homes. That's their business. My objection is to their shoving
their religious beliefs onto society. We have had too much of that the
last seven years from the Republican right, and, hopefully, that will
all be coming to a screeching halt next January.

I'm not saying the attempts to "shove" will cease, by the way. I'm just
saying that beginning in January 2009 with a Democratic president and a
Democratic congress, the "shovers" are not going to get anywhere. There
will be no attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade that get anywhere.