On the anti-abortion side, Gallup found that majorities opposed abortion in the second trimester (65-28) and by a larger margin in the third trimester (81-13). The public continued to support abortion in the third trimester when the life of the mother was in danger (72-22), but was much more lukewarm toward third trimester abortions when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape, supporting the procedure 52-42. According to the statement,The abortion license is inextricably bound up with the mores of the sexual revolution. Liberal proponents of women’s rights have, in turn, countered this idea with a set of arguments about the real stakes in the argument over abortion. Robert Kurzban, a co-author of “The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind,” argued in an email that abortion opponents want to “impose a cost on those having sex without wanting to reproduce.”

Source: New York Times May 29, 2019 09:56 UTC