Abortion is not controversial in the United States
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Abortion is not controversial in the United States
25Feb23
Abortion is not controversial in the United States - most Americans in most states believe abortion should be legal, even in Alabama, Florida, Texas and Wyoming. The problem is that five Catholic U.S. Supreme Court justices are part of a "conservative chokehold" that wants to force its religious views on the rest of us.
According to polling discussed in the Washington Post, there are only 7 states in which most residents believe abortion should be illegal: Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah (in Idaho, Mississippi and Tennessee, it is barely more than 50%). In Kentucky and South Carolina, it is 50/50.
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Abortion is not controversial in the United States
I keep getting Emails from Jessica, I just delete them, as I myself used to do Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP), as a resident in Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, in MLN MedicL College Hospital ; before I trained in Pathology.
It was legal and the couple’s choice.
I do not think any religious belief or Government has any business in personal matters.