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Cultural attitude change toward abortion major reason for decline in abortion rate!
Saturday’s Tribune Herald’s front page article about the declining rate of abortions has been the topic of my blog for the last two days. Today, we will dialogue about what you believe is the reason for this decline. The article was a result of a new survey from the Guttmacher Institute that says the U.S. abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1974. The number of abortions is also down, from 1.6 million in 1990 to 1.2 million in 2005.
Depending on who you talk to {Pro-Life or Pro-Choice folks}, various explanations are that the abortion rate is declining because of inadequate access to abortion facilities, a shortage of abortionists, better use of contraception, the success of abstinent based educational efforts, chastity programs and the passage of recently passed pro-life laws such as a women’s right to know law, or requirements for informed consent and parental notification laws. There is even a suggestion that the use of emergency contraception such as the morning after pill have also contributed to the decline because these abortions are not reported as abortions.
My personal feelings are that while many of these explanations probably contributed somewhat to the decline, America is witnessing a major shift in the cultural attitudes toward abortion in the hearts of the people of this nation. Hosea 4:6 states: “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge”. For years, the liberal media kept people from being knowledgeable about the horrors of abortion. But with the invention of the internet and its vast information highway, as well as a hard fought battle by Pro-Lifers who diligently brought this subject to the forefront, people became more knowledge and the mindset of America began to change its attitude toward abortion. Another major reason in recent years that has had a tremendous effect in curbing the decision to abort is the use of Ultrasound machines by Pregnancy Centers. Once a woman sees the fact that indeed it is a baby and not a glob of nothing as some describe, their hearts are turned toward their baby and choose not to abort their gift from God.
I could go on and on about my thoughts but I really want to here your thoughts? What do you think? Am I totally off base in my thinking? Can you tell me if I missed something that might be a major contributor to the decline of abortion? Lets talk bloggers!
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By Fred
January 22, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this
Reverance for all life…..that’s the key. There’s going to be alot of surprised Preachers who get to Heaven and find Jesus shooting a game of pool with the Buddha. All life is a gift from God….even unborn babies. Jesus and Buddha would both agree on reverance for life.
By KDF
January 24, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this
God is full of understanding, I agree. Somehow I don’t see Buddha playing pool in Heaven, or being there from what I know.