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I quoted the last paragraph simply because it related directly to the point of this thread and, contrary to what some people still claim, confirms the view of certain groups/people out there view abortion as just another acceptable form of contraception.
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It's rude to use 'some people' as part of your argument. If you can't address people by name don't expect a reasoned answer. Likewise, setting up possible straw men by referring to 'some groups' falls under the same banner.
However, the substantive point that abortion is the extreme end of a spectrum of family planning mechanisms is perfectly valid from a technical standpoint (in terms of stopping people having babies), so if you really want to reduce abortions, increase the effectiveness of the others, by making them more freely available, having better education, research etc. Importing US anti-abortion drivel will have precisely the opposite effect, since it stems entirely from theologically-driven considerations where male control over female sexuality is the ultimate driver, rather than rational considerations of public health and, being an ideology, has substantial fundamental problems when applied to the real world. Just say no.
By the way, anyone quoting 'Mad' Nadine Dorries MP is automatically deemed to have lost the argument, by the way - this is highly humorous:
http://www.septicisle.info/2008/03/w...myth-when.html
This is the calibre of person we're dealing with here.
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So far nobody has been able to explain why despite the availability of highly effective methods of contraception so many young women seem to get pregnant more than once and then have abortions risking their own long term health, wellbeing and even fertility by so doing.
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They'd risk a lot more if abortion wasn't legally available. But hey, the unspoken subtext of anti-abortion campaigns (imported from the hate-filled US right) is that they're just sluts and therefore expendable, won't someone please think of the poor ickle foetuses? I've made up my mind that real, living human beings are more important - gasp, shock horror, moral relativism. Guilty as charged, but it's better than rank hypocrisy any day. Fortunately, the British people chose the sensible option.