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While Democrats generally self-identify as “pro-choice,” they also are more likely to advocate for and enact policies that actually reduce abortions. On the other hand, while Republicans generally self-identify as “pro-life,” they generally oppose policies that actually reduce abortions and instead advocate only for the criminalization of abortion.
Bottom Line Up Front: If the goal is reducing abortions, criminalization is impractical, ineffective, and counterproductive.
The purpose and function of criminalization and criminal punishment is the subject of a great deal of debate. At one level, the designation of a…
"The very fact that such a diversity of opinions exists among science and medical professionals should give us all pause when we hear the claim that “science proves” that human personhood begins at conception.
Bottom Line Up Front: Abortion has generally been viewed negatively in Jewish history, but it has not always been regarded as murder without exception. In…
Continue reading → Beyond the Binaries, Part 4: Abortion in Jewish History
