Pro-Abortion Myths

Chuck Colson has up an article on Townhall.Com on some of the common myths that surround the Pro-Abortion movement. He even cites some former Abortion Advocates who now admit their arguments were based on falsehood.

Myth number one: Abortion is first and foremost a woman’s issue. Again and again, the writers in this book make the case that abortion is an issue that hurts all of us, not least by pitting men, women, and children against each other. We’ve reached a point, the writers explain, where instead of providing support and solutions to women in crisis pregnancies, society often turns against them. The book is full of quotes and stories from women who aborted against their will because other people expected them to do so....myth number two. Foster adds, “Dr. Nathanson, who later became a pro-life activist, said that he and Lader were able to persuade Friedan that abortion was a civil rights issue, basing much of their argument on the claim that tens of thousands of women died from illegal abortions each year. Nathanson later admitted that they had simply made up the numbers.”

Of course, this is from a prominent anti-abortion activist so it is hardly a disinterested analysis. But then, I am not sure disinterested analyses are possible in American when dealing with the issue of abortion. After all, neither viewing abortion as murder, nor veiwing it as a fundament rights issue is likely to take emotion out of it.