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Originally Posted by sprocket
The pro-life movement is near delusional if they think simply overturning Roe V Wade is going to drastically reduce the number of abortions in this country. As long as there is so much support and so many sympathizers to the pro-choice movement, abortion will never be reduced in any significant way.
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That's a bold faced lie. There's a strong correlation between the legality of abortion and the number of abortions performed per year. It's no surprise that the countries with the highest instance of abortions (Both legal and illegal) are the countries in which abortion is legal. Looking just at the U.S., the percentage of pregnancies ending in abortion (Once again, both legal and illegal) pre-Roe vs. Wade absolutely
pails in comparison to the percentage of pregnancies ending in abortions post-Roe vs. Wade, especially in the 1980's.
Edit: And it's near political suicide to say "I support abortion". I can't remember the exact statistic, but most candidates who have been openly pro-abortion typically lose to their pro-life counterparts.