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To: tsigprofit who wrote (11608)6/16/2004 5:13:05 AM
From: zonder  Read Replies (2) of 20773
 
tsig - I see nothing wrong with those statistics. They actually sound fairly plausible to me - women who have a mind of their own and don't necessarily follow what the society at large tells them to do (ex: those who don't believe in God) are probably not going to wait long past their puberty to live their sexuality. A longer sexual life (especially one including teenager years where contraception might not be faithfully adhered to) could very well equal a higher probability of unwanted pregnancies and hence abortions.

I am not sure exactly what that guy means by "demographic groups more likely to vote Democratic", but that sounds credible as well, since anti-abortion fervor a la "baby-killing" etc is rarely associated with democrat voters.

However, there is one glaring error in that post:

It seems obvious that abortion will have a demographic impact over a period of decades. And one of these demographic impacts is that the pool of people likely to be liberal Democrats will be smaller as a result of abortion.

The only thing that is obvious is that the maker of this statement is not very bright.

His statement is a travesty of logic and all we know about genetics and behaviour. It literally assumes that political affinity is a genetically transmissible trait, like blood type and skin color - kids of Democrats will always vote Democrat, and kids of Republicans will always be Republican.

That is a demonstrably false assumption. And, if I may say, also a ridiculously dumb one.
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