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I only watched one porn in my life, but THAT was exactly what happened in it! So it must be true.

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Actually, abortions went down during the Clinton years, and the reason that came out was that fewer women were opting for abortion because they had the optimism that they would have the money to pay for ( a or another) child--healthcare both for the pregnancy and for the baby, care for the child, from feeding, clothing, housing and educating to support from the government with things like leave, assistance, and childcare, and were not worried as much about what the future would hold, what could happen if they had a special needs child or the child or they became ill.

I think I remember them saying women felt more secure with the decision to carry a pregnancy to term during Democratic Presidency than during Republican Presidencies because the talk about "self-sufficiency" and cutting social programs scares women and families (the myth that women having abortiona are all single is just that--a myth. Many families feel they cannot afford another child because they can barely feed the ones they have.)

Anyway, it appeared all the talk about reducing the abortion rate had never reduced the number of abortions. Instead, the abortion rate is reduced by social programs to help women who need it, AND the confidence such programs would continue to be available if the pregnany went wrong, or if the woman or her family suffered economic losses, illnesses, etc. Women have less abortions when they feel safe. Safe they won't end up homeless and/or unable to care for the baby or any children she already has. Optimistic about the future, her own future, the futures of her family. Not anything these hateful, spiteful, judgemental, controlling, obsessed men ever consider.

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