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There is no consensus for outlawing abortion. Most Americans are pro-choice.
The pro-choice position is that abortion should be legal on demand
through all nine months of pregnancy. There has never been even
one poll which showed majority support for that position. The
most that can be said is that a majority of people may support abortion
in the extremely rare “hard-case” situations. Since even abortion
industry studies show that virtually no abortions are done for these
reasons, it is clear that most Americans do not support the vast
majority of abortions that are actually performed.
This “pro-choice majority” lie is nothing more than political spin and
the abortion industry’s own actions prove it. Anyone who believes
their viewpoint has majority support will steer their battles toward
the legislatures where majorities rule. But the abortion lobby
has spent over 30 years doing whatever it takes to keep abortion out of
the legislatures and in the courts. Only people who know they
can’t win in the legislatures would do that.
Let’s also not forget that, in 1850, there was no consensus in America
for outlawing slavery or allowing women to vote. There was also a
time when consensus was that the earth is flat. In fact, world
history is littered with examples where “consensus” simply meant that
most of the fools were on one side. Moreover, if consensus is
what should drive abortion policy, that’s one more reason to overturn
Roe. In 1973, there certainly was no consensus for legalizing
abortion on demand.
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