Originally Posted by djplong

This is the danger of voting on a one-topic ideology - the Rule of Unintended Consequences.

Remember, there are a lot of despots out there who are or were "pro-life". In addition, if memory serves, Sharia law bans abortion. Hitler banned abortion specifically so that more Aryans would be bred. In a not-so-radical example, Ireland historically banned abortion and there was quite an industry centered around cheap Ireland <-> UK travel so that women could get legal abortions. (I don't know if that's still true now that they are in the EU as the EU rules might preclude that)

I can think of other, more important issues. Like making it so abortion is *unecessary* - akin to the 'rising tide that lifts all ships". Look at WHY we have abortions and solve THOSE problems. I've said it before. Abortion is the symptom - not the disease.