Counting Our Hot Buttons: Abortion Numbers in Perspective

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  April 20th at 01:16 PM  | 

With the recent debate over federal taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood bringing the abortion debate back to the surface, it is sometimes useful to look at the numbers to get a little perspective on why this issue is such a large one. (All of these are estimates, and sources vary, but there’s no serious debate as to the scale of the numbers). Number killed or | Read More »

How Popular Is Abortion? Listen To The Candidates

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  July 18th at 11:53 AM  | 

So, what position on abortion is a greater asset in a national election? Well, you could look at history – abortion wasn’t really a sharp distinction in 1976, the first election after Roe, but since then the four candidates to win popular majorities all did so as pro-lifers. Assuming that the candidates’ rhetoric on the trail is some indicator of where they think popular sentiment | Read More »