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Those numbers are horseshit though, lol. There is no significant difference between the sexes on this topic:
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/
Abortion isn't a 'battle of the sexes' topic, and you should be wary of anyone perpetuating this myth. In my experience, those most likely to do so, are those who see men in general as 'the enemy', and use this narrative as a tool to confirm and spread their bias.
I was only saying it was just absurd there are women who are not pro-choice. Thanks for linking this correcting OP, though.
It isn't really absurd though, I don't think. If one genuinely believes abortion is murder, it makes perfect sense for that person to not be pro-choice, the same way the rest of us are against people being allowed to legally kill newborns. Whether that individual person is capable of being pregnant does not actually factor into it at all, it's just a matter of what one believes about how the unborn should be 'considered' (i.e. baby vs. 'clump of cells').
I have no problem with abortion, so I don't agree with pro-lifers, but I am not at all confused by it. The opposition to abortion directly follows from their beliefs about the unborn.
That said, though the two are often conflated, just because someone is pro-choice doesn't necessarily mean they're okay with abortion, they could very well be someone who believes more strongly in the individual's right to choose, than in everyone copying them. I've met a large number of women who are fiercely pro-choice but have said they couldn't bear to abort their own pregnancy, even if it was unwanted.