Abortion law campaigners ‘preach only to converted’

Colin Coyle
December 10 2017

The abortion debate in Ireland mostly reinforces the opinions of your peer group “rather than convinces the opposite party to change their position”, Finnish academics have concluded.

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland checked parliamentary records and online news sources, including blogs, to analyse how abortion was debated in Ireland and Finland. The abortion law in Finland is more liberal, with terminations available in most circumstances up to 20 weeks.

Continued at source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abortion-law-campaigners-preach-only-to-converted-h37x5g9lq