scolairebocht
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Although it is admittedly a slow process, one thing that is obvious from a look at the way the world is turning is that the pro-life movement is on the up and in time will clearly re-establish worldwide the right of unborn children to live. If you look at developments in the last few decades:
1. Eastern Europe. After the fall of Communism the very high rates and liberal abortion regime that Communism favoured were reversed in most of the countries of the former Soviet block. This is especially true of places like East Germany, the former Yugoslavia and Poland but true enough of virtually all these countries with the notable exceptions though of Russia and the Ukraine.
2. In Russia movement is slow enough it must be conceded but again the direction is clearly in the anti-abortion direction. For example at a recent conference when the Orthodox leader in Russia called abortion their "highest priority" the Russian Health Minister stated that:
Also here are a few comments from 2015 on the growth of this feeling among the young in the UK:
Anyway its clear that across the states of the US the country is on the march against the abortion culture, for example here was the view in Washington DC in February this year:
So the trend in the trend setter of the US is decidedly anti-abortion as it is worldwide as more and more people realise the simple logic of the greater importance of preserving human life over 'choice'.
1. Eastern Europe. After the fall of Communism the very high rates and liberal abortion regime that Communism favoured were reversed in most of the countries of the former Soviet block. This is especially true of places like East Germany, the former Yugoslavia and Poland but true enough of virtually all these countries with the notable exceptions though of Russia and the Ukraine.
2. In Russia movement is slow enough it must be conceded but again the direction is clearly in the anti-abortion direction. For example at a recent conference when the Orthodox leader in Russia called abortion their "highest priority" the Russian Health Minister stated that:
3. In Britain, which sets a lot of the trends for Western Europe, it is true that progress is again slow but its also the case that we can the green shoots of recovery here. The recent very forthright comments on the subject by Jacob Rees-Mogg have not gone unnoticed for example. A very erudite man, and some peoples informed choice for the next PM, he advocated the only logical position of no conscious targeted killing of the unborn as opposed to the very rare occasions where attempting to save the life of the mother may, as an unwished for consequence, lead to the loss of the babies life, all measures to save such having been made."“We understand that our most important common task is the fight against abortion, and we have tried to do a lot together in this direction,” she said. “We have opened 1,500 abortion prevention centers and officers throughout the country, at maternity clinics and wards, and prenatal centers.”
She pointed out that the number of abortions in the country is going down. Over the past five years, abortions have dropped by 25 percent."
( https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/russian-orthodox-leader-the-problem-of-abortion-...-is-our-highest-priority )
Also here are a few comments from 2015 on the growth of this feeling among the young in the UK:
4. Of course the USA is the stand out country when we are talking about setting worldwide trends and its also obvious that country is moving pretty decisively towards the pro-life position. It was clearly quite a factor in President Trump's election victory and he has proceeded to: reinstate the Mexico City policy that bans the US from promoting abortion outside the US; taken steps to defund Planned Parenthood; and appointed anti-abortion people to all key positions, including the all important Supreme Court ( Catholic Trump Adviser: So Far, He’s Lived Up to His Pro-Life Words | ncregister.com )."The number of young people who are opposed to abortion, or at least worried about it, is growing — this despite the usual hostility from student unions.
Just look at the results of a ComRes survey conducted in April. Asked whether the abortion limit should be halved to 12 weeks, the most likely age group to agree were, by some distance, the 18- to 24-year-olds: 48 per cent said yes, only 26 per cent no.
Most — not all — of the other surveys I have seen show more unease about abortion among young people. Gallup found a similar trend in the US.
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The truth is that people from all political backgrounds are disquieted by Britain’s abortion culture. My own convictions aren’t products of a left-wing or right-wing worldview; it’s just that I’ve never been able to shake the idea that each abortion is a death."
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/08/for-me-and-an-increasing-number-of-young-people-each-abortion-is-a-death/
Anyway its clear that across the states of the US the country is on the march against the abortion culture, for example here was the view in Washington DC in February this year:
Here is another recap of the current situation from the Business Insider magazine:"Abortion opponents are walking in tall cotton these days.
Congress is poised to stop sending money to the nation’s largest abortion chain and to permanently restrict federal abortion funding. The president nominated to the Supreme Court a committed originalist lauded by pro-life organizations. Roe v. Wade may soon be one vote away from a well-deserved trip to history’s ash heap.
Pro-lifers are as optimistic as they’ve been in a generation."
( Will the pro-life movement be a victim of its own success? | TheHill )
In a lot of US states the abortion clinics are effectively being banned out of existence, in Kentucky, for example, the last abortion clinic will close if they lose a court case currently being decided upon."The US abortion rate is at an all-time low.
While the dip is partially due to more women using more effective, long-term birth control, like IUDs, it's also because there are fewer abortion clinics in the United States than there were a decade ago.
In 2008, 851 clinics provided abortions across the US. By 2014, the number had dropped to 788, a 7% decrease. And the stats get even slimmer when you look at state-by-state totals. Five states are down to a single abortion clinic.
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Twenty-five states have enacted Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers —or TRAP — laws imposing strict requirements on abortion clinics and providers that the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research group, says "go beyond what is necessary to ensure patients’ safety." Reproductive rights activists also call them "clinic shutdown laws," because they say the laws are often written with the intent of closing abortion clinics in the state.
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Today, roughly 15 out of 1000 women aged 15-44 get an abortion every year, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, a low stretching back to 1973, when the Supreme Court gave women a constitutional right to safe, legal abortions in Roe v. Wade."
( Here's how many abortion clinics are in each state - Business Insider )
So the trend in the trend setter of the US is decidedly anti-abortion as it is worldwide as more and more people realise the simple logic of the greater importance of preserving human life over 'choice'.
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