Time for Prolifers to start acting like it

They claim to be pro-life yet they vote against health care for poor and lower middle class kids, they claim to be pro-life yet they support the death penalty (which all studies show is unequally applied by race), They claim to be pro-life yet support the indiscriminate massacre of untold thousands during the bombing of Iraq when they posed no threat to us.

Now they have chance to actually do something pro-life.

A new study shows that making abortion illegal does nothing to lower the abortion rate, it just increases the death rate of the mothers.

A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not, suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it.

Moreover, the researchers found that abortion was safe in countries where it was legal, but dangerous in countries where it was outlawed and performed clandestinely. Globally, abortion accounts for 13 percent of women’s deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, and there are 31 abortions for every 100 live births, the study said.

It is time that pro-lifers to start truly trying to reduce the need for abortion. This study shows that millions have been wasted in trying to make abortions illegal in this country. Just think what that money could have done to actually reduce the need for abortions, by educating our kids about safe sex instead of these namby-pamby abstinence only classes that have shown to have no impact.

Sexual Behaviors—Six evaluations measured short-term changes in sexual behavior.

• Three of six programs had no impact on sexual behavior (California, Maryland, and Missouri).
• Two of six programs reported increases in sexual behavior from pre- to posttest (Florida and Iowa). It was unclear whether the increases were due to youth's maturation or to a program's effect, as none of these evaluations included a comparison group.
• One of the six programs showed mixed results (Pennsylvania).