A Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo
People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or Russia, but it is seen as a difficult moral problem in China and in the USA.
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As with Randall Terry and other anti-abortion leaders, women simply
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