Religious Women have more Abortions

[Pawn Power]

Religious Teens have more Abortions (http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/06/religious-teens-have-more-abortions)

More Religious and Devout Young Women Have Abortions Despite being educated in religious schools (http://richarddawkins.net/article,3917,n,n)

[Kwisatz Haderach]

Hmm, not terribly surprising. I can think of at least two reasons for it:

First, many religious communities discourage contraception, either directly (by saying it's bad), or indirectly by pretending that premarital sex doesn't happen and thus contraception is unnecessary. This may cause a higher incidence of unwanted pregnancy among religious women, prompting more abortions.

Second, a pregnancy out of wedlock is a much greater taboo in religious than non-religious communities. Young pregnant women in religious communities would be under more pressure to hide their pregnancy, and the best way to do that is with an abortion.

[Pawn Power]

Hmm, not terribly surprising. I can think of at least two reasons for it:

First, many religious communities discourage contraception, either directly (by saying it's bad), or indirectly by pretending that premarital sex doesn't happen and thus contraception is unnecessary. This may cause a higher incidence of unwanted pregnancy among religious women, prompting more abortions.

Second, a pregnancy out of wedlock is a much greater taboo in religious than non-religious communities. Young pregnant women in religious communities would be under more pressure to hide their pregnancy, and the best way to do that is with an abortion.

I agree and I think it is understood that the first reason is much bigger factor.

[Chambered Word]

Hypocritical Christians doing business as usual, end of thread.

[Spideyv]

Hmm, not terribly surprising. I can think of at least two reasons for it:

First, many religious communities discourage contraception, either directly (by saying it's bad), or indirectly by pretending that premarital sex doesn't happen and thus contraception is unnecessary. This may cause a higher incidence of unwanted pregnancy among religious women, prompting more abortions.

Second, a pregnancy out of wedlock is a much greater taboo in religious than non-religious communities. Young pregnant women in religious communities would be under more pressure to hide their pregnancy, and the best way to do that is with an abortion.

That would be my guess as well.

[mel]

Hypocritical Christians doing business as usual, end of thread.

The same christians getting abortions may not necessarily be the ones who are anti-choice.

There is a lot of variety in the christian population, and you cannot judge them all by the standards of the vocal extremist minority.

[Marxist Madman]

That's simply hilarious! :laugh: