Abortion is one of the most contentious issues in modern America. It's difficult to find anyone who is neutral on the issue.
As an exercise in understanding point of view, consider the following two articles, which use the SAME STATISTICS, the number of abortions performed in 2004 by race of the woman, to argue distinctly different sides of the issue:
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