MARCH FOR LIFE
January 22, 2004
Posted on 01/09/2004 6:58:54 AM PST by NYer
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published its latest survey on abortion in the United States on the day after Thanksgiving. The survey, reporting legal induced abortions obtained in the U.S. in the year 2000, contains some eye-opening findings you will not likely read in the mainstream press.
Keep in mind that the survey presents data which is voluntarily reported by cities and states, the mechanisms by which cities and states gather the data in the first place can vary widely, and some states don’t report at all. California, which in 1997 was responsible for 23 percent of all abortions nationwide, decided in 1998 to remain mum on abortion within its borders, as did New Hampshire and Alaska.
Since the CDC has no information from jurisdictions which together account for nearly one-fourth of abortions nationwide, it is impossible to have any real analysis of national trends. Still, the publication gives a startling, if incomplete, picture of abortion in the U.S. at the end of the last century, and is worth review. Some of the findings include the following:
Women die from legal abortion. The survey reports that 14 women died as a result of complications from known legal induced abortion in 1998 and 1999. Data on deaths from 2000 is not yet available. In fact, from 1973 to 1999 at least 327 women have died from legal induced abortion, according to the study.
Abortion rates change with race. In the areas for which race was adequately reported, "the abortion rate for black women was 3.1 times the rate for white women." In addition, "the abortion ratio for black women (503 per 1,000 live births) was 3.0 times the ratio for white women (167 per 1,000 live births)." This means that black babies are aborted three times more frequently than white babies.
Multiple abortions are the norm, not the exception. According to the survey, where the "number of previous abortions was adequately reported," 53 percent of women had an abortion for the first time in 2000. That means 47 percent of women having abortions in 2000 were not having their first abortion. How many abortions do women have? The survey breaks it down by state, but stops counting at "three or more previous legal induced abortions." In 2000, Maryland had the highest percentage of women having their fourth (or more) abortion: 16.7 percent. New York City had the second highest ratio, with 14.7 percent of women having at least their fourth abortion in 2000.
The highest number of reported legal induced abortions in 2000 occurred in New York City: 94,466. Florida and Texas have the second and third highest abortion numbers, 88,563 and 76,121 respectively. California likely ranks among the top, but they won’t tell.
What is lacking from the survey is any indication why these abortions occurred. The report states simply that they were elective procedures. The abortion lobby dismisses the question of why, insisting that "who decides?" is all that matters. But "why" does matter very much. Why did each of these women wake up one morning, get into a car or a cab, and take that fateful drive? This is perhaps the most important question of all.
Cathy Cleaver Ruse, is the director of planning and information for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.
MARCH FOR LIFE
January 22, 2004
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But liberal democrats are the FRIENDS of african-americans!
That's more or less what Margaret Sanger had in mind. Her variously named eugenics society (now known as Planned Parenthood) saw contraception and abortion as a way of weeding out the 'undesirables'.
The CDC calls these "maternal deaths". How maternal coudl these women be?
This is a key figure that is ignored by the "soul patrol" with alarming regularity.
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Think of all the folks who live in cities with fewer people than NYC had abortions in one year.
MArgaret Sanger would be so pleased.
It's like 9-11
done 30 times over. And
it is every year...
Are there any other invasive procedures where this statement can be made? Is it even true of such elective procedures as face lifts, fanny tucks, and breast enhancements?
Just curious.
Shalom.
Headaches, backaches, fear of stretch marks, and other equally SIGNIFICANT reasons, but most likely they occured because they forgot to take the pill and used the procedure as a form of birth control.
Of course this is MHO....I could be wrong!
Heavenly Father, in your love for us,
protect against the wickedness of the
devil, those helpless little ones to
whom you have give the gift of life.
Touch with pity the hearts of those
women pregnant in our world today
who are not thinking of motherhood.
Help them to see that the child they
carry is made in your image- as well
as theirs- made for eternal life.
Dispel their fear and selfishness and
give them true womanly hearts to love
their babies and give them birth and
all the needed care that a mother
alone can give.
We ask this through Jesus Christ,
your Son, our Lord, who lives and
reigns in the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever and ever.
Amen.
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