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U.S. Abortion Rate at 30-Year Low
washington post ^ | 9/23/08 | Steven Reinberg

Posted on 09/23/2008 5:13:59 PM PDT by mathprof

Abortions in the United States fell 33 percent between 1974 and 2004, but sizeable differences among racial and economic groups continue to exist as to who gets an abortion, a new report says.

While the number of abortions among teens has also dropped dramatically, down 50 percent, abortion rates are still high among older women with children and poor women, according to the report from the Guttmacher Institute.

"There's been a shift in the population of women obtaining abortions relative to 30 years ago," said Rachel Jones, a senior research associate at the institute. "They are older, they are more likely to be unmarried, more likely to be mothers, and they are more likely to be women of color."

One of the largest factors in the decline has been the drop in teenage pregnancies and abortions, Jones said. "We've done a lot of work addressing teen pregnancy, including comprehensive sex education, access to contraceptive services and providing kids with information to help them delay sexual activity," she said.

Most U.S. women having abortions today come from lower income groups, she said.

The rate of abortions in the United States has dropped 33 percent from 1974 to 2004. In 1980 there were 29 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44; by 2004, that number had dropped to 20 per 1,000 women, according to the report.

While the abortion rate has dropped among all racial groups, it remains three times higher among Hispanic women and five times higher among black women, compared to white women, the report found.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; guttmacher; obama
I seem to recall both Obambi and Hillary saying that, while they want to reduce the rate of abortion, this rate has increased under the Bush administration. Will Obambi use this line in the debates after this surprisingly timed article in the WashPost?
1 posted on 09/23/2008 5:13:59 PM PDT by mathprof
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Obama would say too many women are being punished...


2 posted on 09/23/2008 5:14:57 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies; Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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From the rather weak data they provide it would appear that the abortion rate has dropped in the Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II administrations.


3 posted on 09/23/2008 5:20:32 PM PDT by trumandogz
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While the abortion rate has dropped among all racial groups, it remains three times higher among Hispanic women and five times higher among black women, compared to white women

You'd think Blacks would wake up to what the leftist 'rats are doing to them...but nooo...just keep on a-hopin' there, folks. Maybe it'll all "change" someday.

4 posted on 09/23/2008 5:20:48 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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In God’s eyes, one is as important as 30+ million and the thought of that gives me the chills...


5 posted on 09/23/2008 5:32:04 PM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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bookmark


6 posted on 09/23/2008 5:58:28 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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bookmark


7 posted on 09/23/2008 6:00:25 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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The Washington Post makes this sound like this is somehow bad news.

Maybe hearts and minds are changing, Praise be to God!

8 posted on 09/23/2008 6:01:35 PM PDT by pray4liberty (It's the smile that keeps me out of trouble.)
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U.S. Abortion Rate at 30-Year Low

It's not low enough.

It should be so rare that the only place it happens is in a Hospital Emergency room and the mother's life is in immediate jeopardy due to stroke, heart attack, accident, or some other catastrophic disaster. And, I pray we soon reach the day when technology will make it unnecessary to abort any baby ... if the mother's life is in jeopardy, a surgical procedure could remove the baby and place him/her into an artificial womb to complete the gestation.
9 posted on 09/23/2008 6:09:34 PM PDT by TexasGreg ("Democrats Piss Me Off")
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Rush said it years ago (but I paraphrase): “You cannot eliminate abortion through legislation. You can only eliminate abortion by changing peoples’ hearts.” All you pro-lifers out there: Good work! This is great news.
10 posted on 09/23/2008 6:11:34 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" white guy voting McCain/Palin)
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Probably because PBA is no longer LEGAL.

Must have been many, many more that they claimed.....hmmm?

11 posted on 09/23/2008 6:13:24 PM PDT by PISANO
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US Abortion Rate at 30-year low: Liberal women and Planned Parenthood Hardest hit


12 posted on 09/23/2008 6:18:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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It's Darwinism. Those inclined to have abortions are killing off their own bloodlines.

And the clipped-haired raging chubby feminists are outraged!

(Dears: think about it. You're killing yourselves off. You're doing it to yourselves.)

13 posted on 09/23/2008 7:46:18 PM PDT by FlyVet
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