The study from the Catholic Alliance for the Common Good --that's right, Catholic-- suggests that if the nation is serious about reducing abortions, efforts to curtail or illegalize the practice should be replaced with "socioeconomic" policies aimed at aiding poor women and their families:
"The findings of this study indicate that increased economic assistance is strongly correlated with reductions in the abortion rate and suggest that effective pro-life public policies should address the socioeconomic well being of pregnant women and working families. ... elected officials should consider the pro-life benefits of using economic assistance and employment policy to reduce abortions in America."
Given the Republican embrace of Sarah Palin, a rabid anti-abortion (and anti-tax) advocate, the study comes at a fortuitous time for the pro-choice slice, meaning most women, of the American electorate.
I for one hope the press --and Joe Biden (a Catholic, as I recall)-- take note, and ask Sarah Palin point blank if the study's findings might not temper her absolutist views on the twin evils of abortion and tax-funded social programs for the poor.
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