OPINION:
Regardless of the scant news about abortion these days, this “social issue” will have a significant impact on the election — owing to two factors. The 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision gave every pregnant woman the right to continue her pregnancy or to abort her unborn child. Therefore, with the exception of children born to women without access to abortions, every child born in the United States after 1973 has been the result of a pro-life decision by his or her mother. The simple fact that most Americans under age 41 were born only because their mothers chose life should encourage them to be pro-life.
Census Bureau data shows that approximately 10 million abortions were performed on black women prior to 1996. If those babies had been allowed to live and were still alive today, there would be 10 million additional black people eligible to vote, quite probably for Democrats. And since most Democrats are “pro-choice” and Republicans are pro-life, it is likely that most of the other abortions performed took the lives of future Democrats, thereby reducing their number of potential voters.
ROBERT BOUDREAUX
Waldorf, Md.
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