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Next time you darlings of Salon decide to an item or a fullblown story on abortion, why not do something it would never occur to you to do: compare the US abortion picture with that of other countries? Compare it to other western developed nations and then compare it to countries where abortion is illegal, such as Brazil? There are just as many abortions in Brazil as there are in the US, yet abortion is illegal there. Because of that abortion procedures are highly unsafe -- rich and middle class women can get abortions clandestinely but safely because they can afford it, while poor women cannot. Thus thousands of poor Brazilian women are severely injured or die of illegal botched abortions. Instead of covering the abortion issue with the same incredibly insular parameters we have in this country, having a comparative understanding of the world abortion situation would open up the debate and give plenty of ammunition to the liberal pro-choice position.
