Last week we examined the alternatives explanations to the crime drop of the 1990s, thus further discrediting the Broken Windows Theory, the primary justification for zero tolerance policing. The surprising cause, credited for a third of the crime drop, was the demographic change due to the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Not surprisingly, this reason is rarely mentioned.
Abortion is a topic we have so far avoided in our discussion group. But now I have opened the issue, I cannot just put it aside. So for this meeting, the topic will be the politics of abortion, how this became such a hot button issue and its impact on the current presidential race. I could not find any videos which had an intelligent discussion on abortion which could not be accused of taking a political side. But I did find some material from the late night comics, whose we generally give license to be biased.
- Samantha Bee recounts the untold history of abortion politics
- An apology by one of the founders of the Pro-Life movement
- John Oliver explains the state laws used to restrict legal abortion
- The Supreme Court decision on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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These are the additional videos shown at the meeting:
These are the additional videos shown at the meeting:
For those that think that Bee's assertion, that the Southern Baptist initially support Roe v. Wade, was a joke, HERE is an article which says it was true.
ReplyDeleteHERE is an article which suggest that the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision motivated the Religious right to back Trump.
ReplyDeleteCheck out these two articles HERE and HERE. The pro-life movement may eventually win due to improved science on fetal viability.
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