Conservatives controlled government most of the last 8 years

Abuskedti

is there any evidece that abortions were down?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i heard they were. not sure what part republicans had in that, though.

decides2dream

MrSmith wrote:

i heard they were. not sure what part republicans had in that, though.

idk either, but i think it's just a wee bit too simplistic to make any correlations there without any basis. there could be, and probably IS, a plethora of reasons as to why that may or may not be. it could well be a long running arc, and woul'dve happened all on it's own, period. i'd need a lot more information bfore making any such assessment.

Brain of J.Lo

Abuskedti wrote:

is there any evidece that abortions were down?

Actually, abortions decreased significantly during the Clinton administration (don't have the exact stat) and then went up about 14% (i think that's the number, no time to look it up right now) during the Bush administration.

decides2dream

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Actually, abortions decreased significantly during the Clinton administration (don't have the exact stat) and then went up about 14% (i think that's the number, no time to look it up right now) during the Bush administration.

oh really?
14%?
that IS significant!
i do wonder if all that abstinence education could have any correlation there.....hmmmmmm.......

Brain of J.Lo

decides2dream wrote:

oh really?
14%?
that IS significant!
i do wonder if all that abstinence education could have any correlation there.....hmmmmmm.......

Looks like I am wrong. Damn you, Hillary Clinton.

http://www.factcheck.org/society/the_biography_of_a_bad_statistic.html

decides2dream

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Looks like I am wrong. Damn you, Hillary Clinton.

http://www.factcheck.org/society/the_biography_of_a_bad_statistic.html

well ok then.
see, while i was unsure..i did think there was an overriding decline over the long haul. and it seesm yes, there was a 20 year decline. so i would not say it in any way relates to the conservative government at all...nor would i have automatically discredited them for an increase. such stats usually take time to really prove any direct correlations.

iamica

Looks like teen pregnancies went up, though.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/teen.pregnancy/index.html

_Crazy_Mary_

We haven't had a conservative in the presidency since 1984. Don't confuse Bush Sr. & Jr. with conservatives. They are far from it.

know1

Abuskedti wrote:

is there any evidece that abortions were down?

That is a great question!

All those years of pandering to the religious right - whatever the hell that means - and there should have been some changes.

mammasan

I've come to the realization that religious conservative politicians don't really want Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Just think about it from a political prospective. Abortion is probably one of their strongest rallying cries. they can't really use small government or fiscal conservatism anymore because the past 8 years is proof that the GOP has completely abandoned those principles. Without abortion they would have a platform to differentiate them from the Democrats and liberals. Their political futures pretty much depend on Roe v. Wade.