Ep 310 | Do Democrats Decrease Abortions?
First, thoughts on Trump's COVID diagnosis, the media's reaction, and whether the public's dogmatism on mask-wearing is backed by science. Then, we address the viral chart showing abortion rates drop during Democratic presidencies. It's easy to assume correlation proves causation, but the facts say otherwise.
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Today's Links
WHO Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19, April 6, 2020
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1274280/retrieve
Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19, June 5, 2020
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1279750/retrieve
A Cluster Randomised Trial of Cloth Masks Compared With Medical Masks in Healthcare Workers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/?fbclid=IwAR003ePVBB7-siz3UeGON7zFj2YLTTIwPOgv4rIYTibXPQYGv68hDJb4a5g#__ffn_sectitle
The Physiological Impact of Wearing an n95 Mask During Hemodialysis as a Precaution Against SARS in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15340662/
Masks Are Rare in Stockholm as Residents Debate the Pros and Cons of Its Non-Lockdown https://www.newstatesman.com/masks-rare-sweden-stockholm-no-lockdown
‘We See No Point in Wearing a Face Mask,’ Sweden’s Top Virus Expert Says as He Touts the Country’s Improving COVID Numbers https://fortune.com/2020/07/29/no-point-in-wearing-mask-sweden-covid/
Abortion Rates Fall During Democratic Administrations and Rise During Republican Ones https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abortion-rates-presidencies/
The U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Drop: Once Again, State Abortion Restrictions Are Not the Main Driver https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2019/09/us-abortion-rate-continues-drop-once-again-state-abortion-restrictions-are-not-main
Changes in State Legislative Seats During the Obama Presidency https://ballotpedia.org/Changes_in_state_legislative_seats_during_the_Obama_presidency
Americans Aren't Making Enough Babies to Replace Ourselves https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/americans-aren-t-making-enough-babies-replace-ourselves-n956931
Do Democrats Decrease Abortion Rates? https://slowtowrite.com/do-democrats-decrease-abortion-rates/
A Travesty in New York https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/new-york-state-reproductive-health-act-unjust-inhumane/
New York State Senate Passes Bill Permitting Abortions up to Birth https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-state-senate-passes-expansive-abortion-bill/
‘Exceedingly Rare’ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-times-story-late-term-abortions-born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act/
Who Seeks Abortions at or After 20 Weeks? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1363/4521013
Live Action https://www.liveaction.org/
Kamala Harris’s Abortion Absolutism https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harriss-abortion-absolutism/
The Fallacy of the Pro-Birth Argument https://gospelpatriot.com/home/the-fallacy-of-the-pro-birth-argument
One Thing Red States Do Better Than Blue States https://www.huffpost.com/entry/giving-back-_n_3781505
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