Men felt less responsible to children they fathered because the pregnant mother could have aborted. First, ideologues use statistics to confirm a given vision. As such, they present a distorted perspective of public policy issues. Second, the truth is that we simply don't yet know the truth about the relationship between abortion and crime. Because moral choices do not occur in a vacuum, public policy can play an important role in providing balanced information in helping women decide if life begins at the moment of conception or at fetal viability.
Women can then make better, more informed moral choices about the abortion issue.
For policymakers to do any less is itself a crime. Click here and join the discussion in the Reginald Shareef folder. Reginald Shareef Reginald Shareef is a professor in the Political Science Department at Radford University with a speciality in Public Administration, Leadership and Organization Change. He has long been involved in public policy issues in Roanoke that range from public schools to urban renewal. Click here and join the discussion in the Reginald Shareef folder.