Nearly 48 years ago, a young woman, not yet 18, became pregnant in her freshman year of college. Living in a time and place in which abortion was generally illegal, she proceeded to marry the father of her child and gave birth to a son. Perhaps she would have done so irrespective of the abortion laws at the time, even if, say, she lived in a legal culture that celebrated abortion as a fundamental right. Very possibly not. (I haven't found any statistics on the percentage of pregnant college freshmen who abort their pregnancies, but indirect indications suggest that it's very high.)
Interesting that Mr. Whelan feels comfortable making grand generalizations about women and what they would or would not do, given the socio-political climate.
We have heard about people yelling "kill him" at McCain / Palin rallies. Perhaps this is Whelan's way of letting the world know that he wishes Barack had never been born to begin with.
Oh, and this part really speaks volumes for his journalistic endavours:
I haven't found any statistics on the percentage of pregnant college freshmen who abort their pregnancies, but indirect indications suggest that it's very high
There is a repository of "facts" available to any and all conservatives that is portable, and easy to find - their ass.
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