Major Report to Euro Parliament Says "A child is aborted every 25 Seconds" in Europe

LifeSiteNews ^ | 6/7/07 | Samantha Singson

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NEW YORK, June 7, 2007 (C-FAM.org) - The Madrid-based Institute for Family Policies (IFP) has issued a report to the European Parliament warning about "the deterioration of the family panorama." Citing demographic, sociological and economic evidence from a team of experts, IFP called on EU delegations to make the family a policy priority and promote the traditional family as an institution, recognize the fundamental right of parents to educate their children and to adopt policies that support the development and well-being of the family.

Entitled "The Evolution of the Family in Europe 2007," IFP presented the document with alarming indicators regarding population, birth rates, marriage and divorce rates to members of the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, journalists and members of civil society.

According to the report, a child is aborted every 25 seconds, a rate that far exceeds any other external cause of death in Europe including traffic accidents, AIDS and suicide. The number of marriages has declined by 22.3% since 1980. Divorce rates are skyrocketing with one occurring every 30 seconds. One out of every three babies born in the EU is born out of wedlock. The report also underscores the changing face of Europe with a modest population growth rate that is attributable almost exclusively to immigration, an increasing aging population and a dwindling number of youth under the age of 14.

According to the report, of every 13 euros that Europe sets aside for social expenditures, only one euro is set aside for the family.  Social spending on old age and health respectively account for 42% and 29% of total social program spending and expenditures in those areas continues to increase. By comparison, government expenditures on family and children account for only 7.8%. 

Urging the European Parliament to adopt a "genuinely family-oriented approach," the IFP has proposed a set of social, economic and cultural measures to promote the family. These include: the creation of offices that would be charged with promoting the family as a policy priority; the launch of media campaigns which promote the family and place value on childhood and maternity; and the increase of family benefits such as tax breaks, maternity and paternity leave and assistance for families caring for elderly relatives at home.

IFP president Lola Velarde told the Friday Fax, "The outlook for the family has worsened in a worrying fashion.  The social, economic and demographic crises of recent decades have emphasized the role of the family unit as a highly effective cushion against problems such as unemployment, illness, housing, drug addiction and social exclusion. Nowadays the family is seen as a principal support element within society. It is essential that the different institutions and organizations support them, as well as the Member States, the local authorities and even public services and businesses."

See the full report online here:
http://www.ipfe.org/Report_Evolution_Famiy_europe_2007_EU27....

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American abortuaries only kill about one child a minute, so the American left will probably be very disturbed to know that Europe is so far ahead.

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Major Report to Euro Parliament Says "A child is aborted every 25 Seconds" in Europe

[Let's Roll]

My god have these people never heard of contraception?

[CheyennePress]

I think Europe has gone so far that they won’t even recognize that this is largely in part due to the de-Christianization of their society. Other factors are no doubt in play, but really, how many studies do we need like this comparing marriage rates, family size, etc...?

[TheDon]

So much for “Never Again!”. Who needs Nazis when parents will kill their own children?

[wagglebee]

They are also killing their elderly and infirmed.

[ex-snook]

Abortion and the Pill will defeat us long before any Islamic future bomb. Today’s Islamic hysteria should be directed toward self-induced demographics.

[rfp1234]

That’s why Europe is now importing gazillions of
“guest workers” from many places, including fanatical islamofascists.

[cpforlife.org]

Perfect.

[cpforlife.org]

Induced Abortion: The Number One Cause of Death In The United States—EVERY YEAR SINCE ROE v WADE.

According to the US Center for Disease Control the leading causes of death in the US in 2002 were: Abortion 1,290,000 Heart disease 710,760 Cancer 553,091 Stroke 167,661 Chronic lower respiratory tract disease 122,009 Accidents 97,900. AIDS was not even in the top 10 causes with 17,544 reported deaths.

If induced abortions were reduced by 50% the savings of lives would be greater than finding a cure for all cancer. Approximately 1 of every 4 pregnancies in the US is ended by surgical abortion.

Age of babies at the time they are aborted (in weeks).
Percentage of total of the 1.29 million abortions for year 2002 statistics. 2002 Stats:

NOTE: There are no abortion reports in California, so actual numbers are much higher.

<9 weeks 59.1 % = 762,390 babies aborted before the age of 9 weeks

9-10 weeks 19.0% = 245,100 babies aborted at 9-10 weeks of age

11-12 weeks 10.0% = 129,000 babies aborted at 11-12 weeks of age

13-15 weeks 6.2% = 79,980 babies aborted at 13-15 weeks of age

16-20 weeks 4.3% = 55,470 babies aborted at 16-20 weeks of age

21+ weeks 1.4% = 18,000+ babies aborted past 21 weeks—the age of viability

20 weeks from conception

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[Lexinom]

This is interesting. Both France and Germany have abortion rates considerably lower than the U.S.

Poland has a low abortion rate and is close to illegalizing the practice altogether.

Would be very curious to know if Russia is included here, because that would certainly swing these high numbers.

[Lexinom]

They have — in Western Europe. I suspect these numbers are coming out of the Easter Bloc former Soviet states, where abortion is culturally considered first line birth control.

[MrLee]

The Muslimes gotta love this news.

[VOA]

Major Report to Euro Parliament Says
"A child is aborted every 25 Seconds" in Europe

I wonder if they noted that...
probably NONE of those aborted children are the offspring of
MUSLIMS!!!".

Good-bye Europe today...
Good-bye America tomorrow...

[Coleus]

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[Let's Roll]

“where abortion is culturally considered first line birth control.”

THAT is appalling.

[Lexinom]

In Russia approximately 60% of babies are aborted in the womb for this very reason. Why I cannot say for certain, but one cannot help but speculate on the effects of decades of Godless communism inculcating into the collective mind the utter meaninglessness of humanity.

[Pinkbell]

I found this report interesting, but I sadly already could have told how the family is being consistently weakened in society. Out of wedlock pregancy, divorce, and abortion are so high. The government has led to a lot of this occuring by promoting sex outside of marriage, allowing the sale of porn, encouraging the homosexual lifestyle, having laxed divorce laws, and permitting abortion as birth control with the claim that it is healtier than giving birth. There are plenty even right here on FR that think that things should be permitted to go this way without any government involvement in the name of freedom. The government has allowed things to slide, though. If they don’t get back to their Judeo-Christian roots and encourage things to move in the other direction, the Western Civilization as we know it will be destroyed. In place will be a people that have no boundaries except that which is defined by the law, which will lead the government to step in. The population will be low and deteriorating, and a new group of people, either Muslims or those from the third world, will move in and take their place.