Could you also add abortion to your list. The stress it puts on both the man and the woman is horrendous.
Yes, that’s true, but I don’t know if abortion has been linked to stroke by medical research. The link with hormonal contraceptives for women is very strong, especially if the women are smokers.
I think abortion is very much an “underground” feature in the environment that has produced these death rates. It’s a factor in family breakup or the non-formation of families. It’s a factor in the economic situation that has marginalized minimally-educated white people. It’s a factor in the depression that contributes to alcoholism or drug abuse.
I was under the impression that those who procured popular abortions are the happiest people on earth, like the sign at Disneyland says.