Why is abortion such an issue in the USA?

[The Dharma Bum]

[John Galt]

[The Dharma Bum]

[uebermann]

Abortion wasn't a huge issue until the 70s, when some religious conservatives took it upon themselves to start a revolution. They twisted and lied about what the bible said. The bible is actually pro-choice and this was the majority of the conservatives viewpoint as well until it became a nasty thing the lefties do. It never specifically mentions abortion but does mention what is considered beginnings of life and also that sometimes a child may be better off not being born. Most of the verses from the bible that Christians use to support a pro-life argument are actually part of a larger story and they (conveniently) leave out the bit that shows it was a specific example and not for people on the whole.

But regardless of all that, it really comes down to what people believe in. Some people believe that life starts at the moment of conception and others don't. Some people believe that life is sacred, others don't.

[Philly]

[Indy]

The abortion issue is all about one thing: sex. Always has been, always will be.

Everything is in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
-Oscar Wilde

The whole "pro-life" fraud collapses when you realize that after the child that must be born is born, then these people could care less about it. It's even better when these same people oppose contraception or, as in the heinous Hobby Lobby case, label a couple of types "abortion" even though nobody in the scientific community believes that.

The correct title for this movement would be "pro-birth."

[eynon81]

[John Galt]

[Philly]

[Philly]