At 20:16 27-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
I think that a majority of Americans favor outlawing abortions on the basis of choosing the sex, (and likely other characteristics like hair color, eye color, and sexual orientation) of the child. I think that a majority of Americans favor requiring either parental notification or a court order saying that parental notification would be harmful to the minor, before a minor gets an abortion. I think that a majority of Americans favor outlawing partial-birth abortions. I think a majority of Americans favor waiting periods before abortions are performed, and mandated abortion alternative counseling. I think that a majority of Americans want to outlaw third trimester abortinos, and probably second trimester abortions as well.You may of course think whatever you want to think and believe whatever you want to believe, but do you have the statistics to show that a majority of Americans indeed believe what you think they believe? Showing such data provides a much better position to start a discussion (although I doubt this list is anxiously awaiting yet another abortion debate) then a mere "I think they believe this-and-that".
I also think that a majority in many States want to outlaw abortions.
Jeroen "Moderation is evil" van Baardwijk
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