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Monday, June 8, 2009

Top 10 Myths vs. Facts on Abortion

Myth 1 - Abortion is legal only during the first 3 months of pregnancy.Fact 1 - Abortion is legal during all 9 months of pregnancy.

Myth 2 - Abortion is legal because the Constitution says so.Fact 2 - Legal abortion is the fruit of judicial activism. It has been imposed upon the country by judges.

Myth 3 - Most Americans agree with current U.S. abortion law.Fact 3 - The vast majority of Americans strongly disagreewith it.

Myth 4 - Abortion is rare in the U.S.Fact 4 - The U.S. has the highest abortion rate in the western world.

Myth 5 - Most abortions in the U.S. are done for health reasons or because of rape or incest.Fact 5 - Most abortions in the U.S. have nothing to do with these reasons.

Myth 6 - Abortion is good for women.Fact 6 - Women suffer physically and psychologically after abortion.

Myth 7 - Abortion is beneficial to modern society.Fact 7 - Abortion has a negative impact on communities and society at large e.g. more children are now born out of wedlock than in and there is a high correlation between out of wedlock child bearing and a host of negative social indicator such as poverty and crime.

Myth 8 - The more people have access to contraception, the fewer abortions there will be.Fact 8 - More contraception lead to more sexual behavior more unintended pregnancies and more abortion.

Myth 9 - I can be personally opposed to abortion but still be pro-choice.Fact 9 - That is impossible. If you are pro-choice you support the right to kill innocent human beings.

Myth 10 - Abortion does not take the life of a human being.Fact 10 - Every abortion takes the life of a human being.

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