Skiptastic said:
...as if their own action (or inaction) has no part in the matter. It's not like pregnancies are some sort of airborne virus that people have no way of preventing outside of abortions.
Sex ed has a lot to do with this. Have you noticed a pattern? Conservatives also happen to be against comprehensive sex ed. When I was in high school, we had a very comprehensive curriculum covering STDs, female menstrual biology, different methods of
preventing unwanted pregnancies (spermicides, condoms, spermicides+condoms, female condoms, the sponge, the pill, etc. and how each method compared); in other words, we were equipped with the information and education to make the right decision.
If you talk to your average teenager, I think you'd be surprised at their understanding of how women get pregnant, how they think you can prevent conception (i.e. Mountain Dew), and other BS. Many kids simply don't know any better. What is even more disturbing is that their parents don't impart any information to children who are not exposed to comprehensive sex ed because, more than likely, the parents have no idea how reproductive biology works! It's a cycle of misinformation and ignorance.
What's kind of ironic about the situation is that the Republican party supports the pro-life movement, but if abortion was really outlawed (which repealing Roe v. Wade wouldn't do, it would just make certain states abortion states and certain states non-abortion states, like gay marriage) there would be a growth in lower class children, who would more than likely vote Democrat. Republicans are voting for losing control of power and Democrats are encouraging the "murder" of their future base. HAS THE WORLD GONE TOPSY TURVY?
Your fundamental flaw in your thinking is that they'll vote at all. You can suppress these people by gerrymandering or other actions that prevent these people from voting. But more than likely, many of these people simply never vote either because they don't know how the process works, they are so downtrodden that they don't feel that they can make a change, they are bullied and discouraged from voting via threats, or they don't know how to even register to vote.
And again, it comes back to "family values" and the role of women. By removing a choice, black or white, you're creating a hurdle for a woman's independence, educational, and financial attainment.
