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Article: Abortion: facing facts.(comparison of abortion rates)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- February 22, 2005
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WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH spoke last month at a major antiabortion rally, he endorsed the activists' cause but admitted that their primary goal--making abortion illegal--is not likely to be achieved anytime soon. He added that "a true culture of life cannot be sustained solely by changing laws. We need, most of all, to change hearts."
Bush was speaking perhaps more accurately than he knew. Around the globe, the presence or absence of legal restrictions has relatively little to do with whether women decide to have an abortion. The countries with the lowest abortion rates in the world are Belgium and the Netherlands, where abortion is legal and covered by national health ...