Dana7360
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If both were made illegal, then we wouldn't be talking about it. Huh?So is smoking, but in most places it's illegal to do.Well, I guess that if we pretend that abortions don't exist, it would never occur to a student to get one, even though they are legal....
I'm not sure what your point is. Both smoking and abortions are legal. Perhaps you are suggesting that AZ also remove any references to curing diseases caused by smoking, other than abstinence from smoking altogether, from AZ textbooks. That would certainly have an impact on pre-med students' education....
The point is still murky. Abortions were illegal up until Roe Vs. Wade, yet I personally knew 5 girls that had them when I was in high school before that time..
Actually it was up to the states at that time.
Abortion has been legal in my state since 1968. That's 5 years before roe v wade.
It was put on the ballot for a vote in 1968. It passed. In fact, abortion has been on the ballot 3 times that I know if in my state. Every time it's put on the ballot the public votes yes.
The second time was in the 1980s when we had the opportunity to decided whether to use state tax dollars for abortions for any reason. It passed. I voted in the majority. So state medicaid dollars have been used to pay for abrotions for any reason since the early 80s.
The third time was in the 1990s. We had the opportunity to pass a law that said no matter what congress in DC does. No matter what any judge says, abortion stays legal and safe in my state. It passed and I voted in the majority. So abortion can never be made illegal in my state.