The Pro-Roe, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Contraception Majority: Abortion is Bad

As colleague Art Caplan notes in the AJOB Editors blog today, a fascinating exchange by William Saletan and Kate Pollitt captures the conflicting feelings and complex nature of the abortion debate in the US today. It confirms what many polls show: that while most people are anti-abortion, they also feel that the best way to stop abortion is through education and contraception, rather than an overall legal ban.