Poland Becomes Abortion Friendly

A NY Times reporter traveled across Poland asking people about politics. Citizens she talked to as well as political pundits all agree, the new government recently voted in to replace an old religious hard-headed succeeded because it offered abortion rights. Recent polls show 70% of Poland's voters want these rights. Young people swamped the voting poll stations. An abortion pill combo just became available without a prescription.

What is happening is what many predicted long ago. Abortion is not really disliked or considered evil by most people around the world. Forced birth operatives, including self-serving clergy, have been clever for many decades creating the notion abortion is "controversial." In reality, it was not controversial until the Forced Birth movement put it on the leading list of sins. Now, men and women around the world are pulling it off the list. It's importance is returning to where it was a few decades back, not so important.

What other issues have been treated as grave moral issues and then became buried in the sands of time? There is not enough space or time to list them all. A few come to my mind.

There was racial intermarriage. That was a BIG one, maybe bigger than the abortion of these times. Oh well, gone.

I've mentioned the similarity of alcohol prohibition to anti abortion. The fervor seems as great. Some of the taboo remains. But as a moral issue, alcohol consumption is gone.

Use of other drugs was a moral issue, "the war on drugs." Where did that go? Evaporated.

Once Pat Boone said he would choose his children die rather than be communists. It wasn't the economic system, it had something to do with morals. I suppose part of the "moral" issue was that churches were viewed as political competitors and were shut down. That is not good but people do live without religion.

Any reader can add to this list. Pizza is arriving so I will end my list here.