Doug Stanhope Quotes
You have options when it comes to abortion now. It's not like 1955 when you just had to kick her down a staircase and hope for the best... you feed her a tapeworm and hope it takes a left at the Y.
Stanhope, Doug. Deadbeat Hero. Shout! Factory, 2004.
The drugs she referred to are "abortion pills" such as RU-486, used widely in France but restricted for import into the U. S.
At the time of the debate, the average pregnant woman’s risk of death was much higher from delivery than for an early abortion.
Not all abortion opponents object to birth control, but many do believing the two practices to be morally sinful. While the abortion conflict is given more publicity there are many in America who would return to the pre 1963 era when birth control was criminalized.
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At the time, even with all the barriers that many states placed in the way, over 1 million legal abortions were performed each year.
In American history Abortion has been legal for more time than it has been illegal. And most of the laws prohibiting it were unconstitutional. Even the Roman Catholic Church did not take the position that life begins at conception until 1869 so the notion, far from being a long standing tradition is just the opposite.
Doug Stanhope is an American stand-up comedian, author, political activist, and podcast host.