Like homosexuality, being Pro-“Choice” is a problem that will self-correct over time

“Abortion is costing the Democrats voters—literally.”

When I first heard this headline read aloud on the radio, I didn’t get it. After a five count, the meaning sunk in. Cold, man. Really cold. But obviously true. The author of the article, first published in American Spectator and put in The Wall Street Journal, explains his methodology thus:

Here's what we know from several generations of social science research about children:
• They tend to absorb the values of their parents.
• They tend to have the same political views as their family (parents, siblings, immediate relatives) and share common views on political causes.
• They tend to develop the same lifestyle as their family.

Table 2: Missing Republicans vs. Missing Democrats
Party % of total abortions % of party w/abortions Party as % of electorate Party loss/gain
Republican 35% 28% 39% +4
Independent 16% 30% 17%
Democrat 49% 36% 44% -5

(Sorry, Gentle Reader, but TypePad still can't handle tables worth a damn. You'll have to extract the meaning from the above.)

I really don’t know how to react to this. I guess I may be permitted more than one reaction.

On the one hand, the table shows that a hell of a lot of conservatives are hypocrites; if 27% of self-identified Conservative/Republicans are having abortions, what is that if not hypocrisy?

Also on the other hand, if 38% of Liberal/Democrats are removing themselves from the (shallow end of the) gene pool, am I not hypocritical to say “good riddance?” Well, yes, I wish all those people were alive today. They deserved to live. But they did not.

The ends do not justify the means, but given the means, can one be glad for the ends?

Like homosexuality, being Pro-“Choice” is a problem that will self-correct over time, although mutation will not permit the deviance to be totally extinguished. Wow, that sounds really mean. But true. If you don’t like it, refute it.

Comments

[name]

homosexuality has lasted as long as humans have been alive. you can even say it stands the test of time. why do you think this will be "corrected"? that's false logic.

[name]

homosexuality has lasted as long as humans have been alive. you can even say it stands the test of time. why do you think this will be "corrected"? that's false logic.

just like time has corrected the bigots of the slave days, it is more likely that those who denounce homosexuality will die out too, as the progression to a more enlightened and free civilization occurs. i am conforted by nature's mysterious ways of evolution.

[pedro]

One way nature is not going to evolve, and that's the multiplication of species that don't reproduce. Saying that homosexuality is a self-correcting problem is an obvious biological fact, not subject to taunts of bigotry.
Calling me a bigot or a racist doesn't scare me. It doesn't hurt my feelings. That won't work any more against us. You've worn that button out, and will need to find something else. May I suggest a better argument?
Yes, homosexuality is a persistant mutation and won't go ever go away. On the other hand, people who exterminate their own offspring are going away, literally.
That's the point.
I got nothing against gays, some of my best friends and family are gay. But guess what -- NONE of them are pregnant!