{"id":261864,"date":"2022-01-31T18:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=261864"},"modified":"2022-01-30T21:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T03:26:42","slug":"new-report-compares-abortion-laws-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-report-compares-abortion-laws-world\/","title":{"rendered":"New report compares abortion laws around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A <\/span>new report from the Family Research Council<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published this month compares abortion laws around the world. The entire report, <\/span>available to read in its entirety here,<\/span><\/a> makes a disturbing statement when it comes to the U.S.: \u201cEven though the United States is often viewed as the antithesis of communism, it has voluntarily accepted abortion, an atrocity often used as a form of torture in communist countries. Here, although out of touch with Americans\u2019 views on abortion, American abortion laws are worse or on par with major human rights violators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That conclusion comes after the report explains that only Canada, China, Vietnam, and North and South Korea, join the United States as the six nations in the world whose laws allow abortion at <\/span>any<\/span><\/i> point through the entirety of pregnancy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report notes that this \u201cextremity\u201d in the United States\u2019 abortion permissive laws is \u201cnot only out of step with most of the world, but it also conflicts with the opinions of most U.S. citizens,\u201d as it cites an Associated Press poll which found that 65% believe abortion should be illegal in the second trimester, while a whopping 80% believe it should be illegal in the third.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other parts of the world, abortion laws vary by region and influence. Among other pertinent information the report explains in its 28 pages:<\/span><\/p>\n