(June 18, 2014 at 9:56 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(June 18, 2014 at 9:29 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Is this a real number? It seems to me almost every non-religious person is likely to be pro-early-choice and pro-late-term-life. Who are these 80% of atheists who are anti-abortion?
No it's a typo. I corrected above. Only 20% of atheists are pro-life.
Sorry.
The statistics are odd though, because the choice is pro-life or pro-choice. Those of us like me who are pro early and mid term choice and pro-life late term have to choose one or the other in most polls. I usually choose pro-choice in polls and at the voting booth, because the question is usually early to mid-term abortions.
I'm not sure why you're making such a thing out of late-term abortions. They're not really a concern, IMO, especially since the vast majority are done when a life is threatened, which makes late-term abortion a good thing.
The Firestorm Over Late-Term Abortions
From the article:
Quote:Women do not have late abortions cavalierly. The vast majority of abortions—98.5 percent, according to the Guttmacher Institute—are done before 20 weeks. There’s not very much research about the 1.5 percent of abortions that happen after 20 weeks, but a significant number are done when a wanted pregnancy goes horribly awry. If my 20-week ultrasound had revealed a baby without prospects for a tolerable life, I would have joined the sad sorority of women for whom a late abortion is hardly a choice at all. You can read their stories on websites like A Heartbreaking Choice.