There was an editorial on Sunday in the Houston Chronicle (and, I assume, other papers) about abortion rates and the Bush administration. The authors were a professor of Christian ethics (who, with his wife, chose not to terminate a pregnancy after she had contracted Ruella in the first trimester and consequently had a blind child) and an investigative journalist.
They found that abortion rates, which had been falling steadily in the 1990s began to increase (in Colorado, dramatically) since Bush went into office. They cite a few reasons for this: decline in income, increase in unemployment, lack of health insurance, and lack of social services. Ultimately, they conclude that economic factors are heavily tied to abortion rates and people who care about abortion should not consider it separately from other domestic issues.
They just stop short of endorsing Kerry, but they certainly reference him:
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What does this tell us? Economic policy and abortion are not separate issues; they form one moral imperative. Rhetoric is hollow, mere tinkling brass, without health care, insurance, jobs, child care and a living wage. Pro-life in deed, not merely in word, means we need a president who will do something about jobs, health insurance and support for mothers.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...utlook/2851283
