I was always amazed about how controversial and topical the issue of abortion is in the US. In Europe it is virtually non-existent since I remember myself.
Even here in Greece, by far the most socially conservative country in the EU, abortion was legalized back in the 70's with little resistance from the powerful Orthodox church and nobody ever mentioned it since then, much less used it as a wedge issue.
I agree with this, but in the opposite direction. (I think I've already replied a similar post of yours before.)
Like I said before, I think the 'problem' isn't that we're too conservative (on abortion or any other issue); it's that Europeans are too liberal.
It's not that difficult to be more liberal than an average American.
