The Wall Street Journal article The Empty Cradle will Rock and LA Times article Confront Abortion Anew make the case that the prevalence of abortion amongst the democratic leaning part of the US population is destined to cause the demise of that population segment. Effectively the red-staters are out-breeding us to death by bringing more babies to full term - an idea I've heard many times before, but not in relation to abortion rates, just declining birth rates among Democrats in general.
Basically it seems to indicate that the "pro-choice meme" is inherently memetically inferior - it is doomed to extinction in the fullness of time, assuming of course that voting based on your religious preference is not outlawed on the basis that it violates separation of church and state. And if you can figure out how that ever could be implemented you're a better person than I. I think US democrats could do well to look to Europe where religion and politics or government just isn't an issue that anyone gives a second thought about and without any rules that preclude its influence. It does appear that European society was at one time much more religiously influenced all the way to the top hence the process of their transition to a largely secular society might have some lessons for democrats to learn from.
Could this abortion rate theory be another explanation why the Republicans are so eager to grab the vote of the mostly Catholic and hence decidedly anti-abortion Latino segment, as well as their own home grown baby booming segment, the Baptists? Have Republicans just become neocon baby snatchers - they don't just want your vote they want your baby's vote! Stay tuned for Republican propoganda tell us that having babies is patriotic and those barren or baby-free couples are un-patriotic, as it happens you can already buy the T-shirts...
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