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"Does Religion put pressure on women to have abortions"

  • 13-12-2010 3:15pm
    #1
    JajaD
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    Hello... Im doing a degree in Sociology and i would like peoples opinion on this..

    Im doing a thesis on Religion in Society and the question im planning on doing is; Im not sure whether to base it on catholic women or women of any religion.

    "Does religion put pressure on women to have abortions"

    My reasons of doing this is because i read statistics showing that the majority of women having abortions are of religious backgrounds.

    What are your thoughts on this?


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  • #2
    Rabble Rabble
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    Not to tell you how to do your degree, ( and this is not the best place for research either) but you would have to take into account the number of people in any society who *are* religious, at least as declared ( in a census form etc.)

    That said, there may be a cause: the shame of having an "illegitimate" child. Prove the correlation first.


  • #3
    JuliusCaesar
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    Rabble Rabble wrote: »
    Prove the correlation first.

    Post hoc non ergo propter hoc. Or.....correlation does not imply causation.


  • #4
    krd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭krd


    JajaD wrote: »

    My reasons of doing this is because i read statistics showing that the majority of women having abortions are of religious backgrounds.

    What are your thoughts on this?

    That's interesting.

    Co-relation isn't cause and effect though. But there may be a connection when you take into account all the other factors.

    Most Irish Catholics I've ever known tended to be very mean people. And probably only got in on the religion thing as a way of sucking up to someone. A true believer would not have an abortion. They simply do not believe, even if they call themselves Catholics.

    In a country like Ireland there can be great benefits to pretending you're religious. This is not so much these days but in the past - you would not be considered a safe pair of hands if you did not demonstrate your social conservatism.

    The anti-abortion/gay/divorce brigade don't give a damn about babies, homosexuals or broken marriages. It's all about conservatism and materialism.


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