Apparently (there is a link in Loligo's LJ to the statistics) the abortion rate in the States has _increased_ under Bush, for the first time in a very long time. Women have abortions, on the whole, when they do not have the knowledge of how to prevent unwanted pregnancies, or the economic and social resources to raise unexpected children. Bush is doing his level best to eliminate that knowledge and those resources.

So for those who are opposed to abortion, voting for Bush may have been emotionally satisfying, but was in reality counterproductive and will probably cause more abortions to happen in the next four years than would otherwise have been the case. Though some of them may be more illegal and dangerous and possibly also involve the death of the woman, which is surely not a plus from anyone's point of view.

maggie h