Abortion rate falls during Obama’s first year in office: was it because of Obama?

One thing I didn't see mentioned in the report is that abortions have been on a long-term decline for over 20 years. The number of surgical abortions peaked in the late '80's. Since around 1990 the number of surgical abortions have been declining pretty much every year. You can make a graph at the Guttmacher Institute that displays the data here: Guttmacher Institute Data Center. So this may be just the latest entry in a 20-yr trend.

In addition to your comments, one of the posters at the Lifesite link pointed out that teenagers may be forgoing sex in larger numbers because of the high incidence of STD's. They have reached epidemic proportions among the young.

What makes you say that being willing to abort your baby is genetic? Wouldn’t it be just as likely environmental?

The reason I don't think environmental factors have a large impact on abortion is that despite a strong, over-the-top campaign to promote abortion ongoing since before Roe v. Wade, the abortion industry has been losing ground for years. If the incidence of abortion were strictly due to environmental factors, every woman of childbearing age would be using it as birth control, because it has been promoted that strongly. In reality, few do. (In comparison: recycling has also been promoted for decades, and few people even question the practice.)

The decision to have an abortion takes place long before an "unwanted" pregnancy occurs. Once that decision is made, the behavior that leads to an abortion follows. From that fact, we can extrapolate that only women with certain personality traits would make the decision to engage in that kind of behavior. Furthermore, the maternal instinct is extremely strong; only a woman whose willpower is strong enough to overcome that instinct is able to have an abortion. Those who have abortions do not have as many live children as other women, both because of personality, and because physical damage resulting from abortion decreases the likelihood of carrying a child to term. Because personality traits and the ability to suppress the maternal instinct are controlled genetically, the genes involved are being weeded out of the population.

One thing I didn't see mentioned in the report is that abortions have been on a long-term decline for over 20 years.

Yes, that is true. The trend rather supports my hypothesis that those who use abortion as birth control are effectively removing certain genetic characteristics from the population.

I think we can thank Planned Parenthood for much of that. By encouraging irresponsible behavior for the last few decades, they've promoted the circumstances where STDs spread. Teens who don't take precautions against pregnancy certainly aren't protecting themselves against STDs.

I think we can thank Planned Parenthood for much of that. By encouraging irresponsible behavior for the last few decades, they've promoted the circumstances where STDs spread.

Indeed, although PP has gotten a big assist from popular music, movies, TV, and the ongoing "pornification" of the culture in general. The media are awash in depictions of and incitements to debauched living.

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