Abortions In The United States (VS death by guns?)

234 abortions per 1,000 live births (according to the Centers for Disease Control)
Abortions per year: 1.2 million
Abortions per day: 3,288
Abortions per hour: 137
9 abortions every 4 minutes
1 abortion every 26 seconds

These statistics include only surgical and medical abortions. Because many contraceptive measures are abortifacients (drugs that induce or cause abortions), it is important not to overlook the number of children killed by chemical abortions. Since 1965, an average of 11 million women have used abortifacient methods of birth control in the United States at any given time. Using formulas based on the way the birth control pill works, pharmacy experts project that about 14 million chemical abortions occur in the United States each year, providing a projected total of well in excess of 610 million chemical abortions between 1965 and 2009.

When conducting research on abortion statistics, you may also encounter two different sets of numbers. One set is from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) and the other is from the Guttmacher Institute, the "independent research arm" of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

The Guttmacher Institute totals are actually the more accurate since the Institute conducts private research on abortion providers throughout the country and because not all states are required to report to the CDC. In fact, California and New York, where high numbers of abortions occur, are not included in CDC figures.

PP clinic income: $320.1 million
PP donations revenue: $223.8 million
PP Government grants and contracts: $487.4 million
Total profit: $18.5 million
Total income: $1.05 billion

Number of abortions (medical and surgical): 329,445
Total number of abortions per week: 6,335
Adoption referrals: 841
Ratio of adoption referrals to abortions: 1 per 392

Total number of PP clinics: 749
Total number of PP clinics that perform surgical and medical abortions: 322
Total number of affiliates: 82

Whites: 58.3% (36,399,198)
Blacks: 14.2% (8,897,793)
Hispanic or Latino: 19.0% (11,845,024)
Other: 8.5% (5,303,843)

U.S. Women Who Obtained Abortions in 2008 (According to Center of Disease Control)

U.S.Women Fertility Rates (According to the National Center for Health Statistics)

Compared to the recent shootings, very few have heard the aborted scream.

"From Creation to Death"

"Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him."

"Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants nor will they look with compassion on children."

"He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael felt ashamed. Then the man of God began to weep."

"Why is my lord weeping?" asked Hazael. "Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites," he answered. "You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women."

We do it to ourselves, and don't cry about it.

Gun crime statistics by US state: latest data

"In 2011 - the latest year for which detailed statistics are available - there were 12,664 murders in the US. Of those, 8,583 were caused by firearms."

Senator Coats, (Indiana)

In light of recent events, I hope that you do not succumb to the mob mentality that the 2nd Amendment need to be thrown aside as the “End All” to school or mall violence that has been over reported by the news as some sick and twisted fantasy in order to push an agenda.

Although the school shooting is an absolutely evil act, there are far more children being killed in the US by abortion. A nation cannot stand by turning their heads and watching these innocent souls be cast aside like trash.

The 2nd Amendment was for the intent of securing the US Citizen the freedom, in that, the government would be check in check and foreign aggressors would be deterred. I do not support the actions of these individuals, but had they not access to 24/7 news coverage glorifying these acts and the weapons they chose - they would have found other means to carry out their actions. The Rwandan Genocide in1994 saw 800,000 massacred by machetes. The same could hold for home made or stolen explosive, as was seen in Timothy McVeigh.

Taking the Right to Bear Arms away is not the solution. Establishing values of norms that made this nation great - and bringing back exactly that and demanding US Citizens stop this individualistic mindset and begin to act and treat others with respect - and once in awhile, stop and help others that are different rather than casting them aside will do much more good than harm.

Citizen volunteers that have been retired from Law Enforcement and military - volunteered -cleared parents should also fall in this category - should be trained and placed in schools that are armed just like they do in Israel. Give those that serve this institutions a tax break and make the process a quiet and valid one. We, as Citizens, need to become more involved in our schools, out children lives, and those around us. We are a diverse nation, but we are a nation of one. Let’s keep it that way and stop targeting the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights - and get back to the traditions that made us great in the first place.

Good Day,

Joseph White

Here’s some stat’s on abortion:

Abortions in the United States

Total number of abortions in the U.S. 1973-2011: 54.5 million+

Planned Parenthood’s income break-down for 2009-2010 fiscal year

PP clinic income: $320.1 million
PP donations revenue: $223.8 million
PP Government grants and contracts: $487.4 million
Total profit: $18.5 million
Total income: $1.05 billion

Even the Nazis could not get close to these numbers!

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