Roe v. Wade is a weak decision. It really isn't a decision at all. They recognized a balancing act between mother's and child's rights with no child's rights until it was able to survive independant of the mother. We are getting to the point where survival independant of the mother can occur fairly soon after conception which will lead to de facto nullification of the ability to abort. The decision is pretty much ripe for an update, so you can see where those who care about these things find a battle ground.

I don't understand why it is allowed to dominate the discussion. Prosperity reduces so many of the ills people find with society and that should always be the focus.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

[The second leading cause of death among 18-34 year olds is suicide in this country.

Marriages fail at a 50% clip.

We are continually spending far more on education than any other country and turning out less educated citizens.

All those suburban kids getting off the Edens and going south on Cicero, or getting off the Eisenhower and going North on Cicero are there for heroin. And they are from incredibly "prosperous" homes.

And the list goes on and on.

1. That is a very misleading statistic. There are not a lot of things for people between the age of 18-34 to die of. Car accidents and cancer are about the only other common death mechanisms.

2. I find it hard to believe we are spending more on education than other countries when so many other countries have free schooling all the way through the university level. The US is far more educated than it was 30+ years ago.

3. Purely anecdotal...and you can get off the Edens and get on Cicero to get to my house. Anyway, teens in just about every society have self destructive behaviors, whether that is drinking, drugs, etc. It is difficult to progress into adulthood psychologically without some behavior.

Your issue is abortion. Stick to it in the discussion. Level of affluence has a direct relationship to the percentage of abortions.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

GD sells heroin?

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

GD sells heroin?

[. And regardless of race, abortion rates are linked to hard times usually like unemployment or abandonment by a partner.

Study: Divorce rate fell fast when recession hit
Posted by: Adam Belz under Business trends, Economics Updated: November 12, 2012 - 3:03 PM

The national divorce rate fell rapidly in the early years of the Great Recession, but don’t get the idea that economic hardship saved struggling marriages, a new study from Marquette University says.

Divorce rates have been falling for years, but starting in 2007, rates began to fall more quickly.

“The rate of decrease accelerated during this current recession,” said Abdur Chowdhury, an economics professor at Marquette who authored the study. “The drop was more significant than we have seen in previous recessions.”

After rising from 16.4 per 1,000 married women in 2005 to 17.5 per 1,000 married women in 2007, divorce rates in the U.S. fell to 16.9 per 1,000 married women in 2008, the study showed. The study, titled “‘Til Recession Do Us Part: Booms, Busts, and Divorce in the United States,” will be published in the journal Applied Economics Letters in early 2013.

Chowdhury used a statistical model and data for 45 states and found that from 1978-2009 the higher the level of disposable income, the higher the incidence of divorce.

Chowdhury argued that during the Great Recession, few employment opportunities and reductions in the value of marital assets – particularly homes – had forced couples to remain together.

“While we heard some anecdotal evidence of this during the recession, this study shows statistically how economic crises impact marriage and family, as well as glimpses into why,” Chowdhury said in a statement.

But as the economy started to slowly recover in 2009 and 2010, pent-up demand for divorce was released and the rates increased.

“It maybe delayed the divorce,” Chowdhury said of the recession.

Cathy Johnston, a marriage and family therapist in Uptown, said she’s seen the same phenomenon, but it’s not necessarily a good thing for couples.

“With the economy’s downturn, people are getting divorced less frequently, from what I’ve seen,” she said.

But economics can force a separated couple to stay in the same home, which can be unhealthy for them and their children. The conflict of the relationship often just continues.

"I'm seeing that a lot," Johnston said.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

or good old Annie from It's a Wonderful Life who donated the money she was saving to get a divorce

Well, it would be troublesome to run Hilary against him. Granted, she would have the first-woman thing going for her, but, it would still be a jolting role reversal, with the Democrats running the old white person and the Republicans running the young ethnic hipster.

Unbingo. You know who is an even bigger and more sought after voting block than Latino voters? That's right, it's women.

That might be tricky. Do the black and hispanic women vote the women issue or their race/ethnic persuasion?

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Black and Hispanics vote Democrat regardless of Race. Any minority running as a Republican is considered a race traitor.

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
Happy Thanksgiving #AnxietyTroopers I'm thankful 4 U! I don't plan on quitting, I will continue asking for a SAFE workplace. Not about ✈'s

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
#AnxietyTroopers When I say "not about ✈'s" I mean my absence, this time, hasn't been about the way I TRAVEL. It's about ACCOUNTABILITY...

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.