[Apologetics] Roe versus Reality

[Stephen Korsman]

Hi

The latest New England Journal of Medicine has an article (and a short perspective article) on the state of abortion in the USA.  In general, the tone seems to try to be objective, but ends pro-abortion.  The NEJM has started taking a strong political tone in the last few years, usually anti-life when it discusses the issues of euthanasia and abortion.

It gives hope for the pro-life message.

Both articles are free text - no subscription needed.

Roe versus Reality - Abortion and Women's Health

HTML full text - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/1/1?query=TOC
PDF full text - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/355/1/1.pdf
HTML audio page - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/1/1/DC2
MP3 interview - http://content.nejm.org/content/vol355/issue1/images/data/1/DC2/NEJM_Bowes_Interview_7-6-2006.mp3 [ex-abortionist, now prolife except for very few cases]
MP3 interview - http://content.nejm.org/content/vol355/issue1/images/data/1/DC2/NEJM_Edelin_Interview_7-6-2006.mp3 [pro-abortion]

Map of USA abortion providers - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content-nw/full/355/1/1/F1

Graph of number of reported abortions in the USA, 1973-2002 - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content-nw/full/355/1/1/F3

Snippet:

Abortion veterans like Carhart fear that Roe may soon be overturned. If that happens, states will have to choose whether to ban or protect abortion. Most have abortion laws on their books, but they are superseded by Roe, as long as it survives. Antiabortion activists are split on whether they should try to overturn it. After Governor Rounds signed the South Dakota ban into law, his approval rating dropped 12 percent. Most of the public still support some form of abortion: polls show that 66 percent of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in the first trimester and that they overwhelmingly support abortion in cases of rape, endangerment of health, or serious fetal anomalies. Yet in 2006, legislators in 12 states introduced bills that would ban nearly all abortions; as of early June, the governor of Louisiana was poised to sign a ban similar to South Dakota's, which will go into effect if Roe is overturned.

Related article - Plan B, Reproductive Rights, and Physician Activism [pro-abortion]

HTML full text - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/1/4
PDF full text - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/355/1/4.pdf

God bless,
Stephen
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