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1 posted on 05/03/2002 5:32:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Is it me or is it a little bit difficult to feel sorry for a woman who voluntarily kills her first child, but then whines that she's inflicted an injury upon herself such that he can't have any subsequent children?
2 posted on 05/03/2002 5:49:25 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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But how can this be when we are told that abortion has absolutely no consequences? (/sarcasm)

At least there should be fewer repeat offenders.

4 posted on 05/03/2002 6:00:40 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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He doesn't seem to be able to explain the increase in fertility in the US since abortions should be decreasing the fertility here as well.

Sounds like junk science.

5 posted on 05/03/2002 6:12:29 PM PDT by jlogajan
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I hope this figure is an overestimate. Since Greece has a population of 10.6 million, this would be the equivalent of at least 6.5 million abortions a year in the U.S. Does the Greek Orthodox Church voice opposition to abortions?

Some figures for the birth rate per 1,000 population in the area:
Greece 9.83
Albania 19.01
Turkey 18.31
Bulgaria 8.06
Romania 10.80
Macedonia 13.50
FR Yugoslavia 12.46
Bosnia 12.86
Croatia 12.82
Slovenia 9.32
Moldova 13.35
Ukraine 9.31

A few other countries for comparison:
U.S. 14.20
U.K. 11.54
Canada 11.21
Germany 9.16
Italy 9.05
Spain 9.26
Sweden 9.91.

Figures taken from the 2002 World Almanac.

6 posted on 05/03/2002 6:17:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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With an abortion rate this high in a country not known as a bastion of freedom for women there has to be a lot of social/cultural pressure on women to abort. Sad.

No telling what the conditions and safeguards are at abortion clinics (or lack thereof). The permanent injury rate sounds very high. Perhaps this news will compel women to question the risks involved and they will refuse to abort.

Also, noticably absent from the article was any information on the rate of contraceptive use or availability. This would have been helpful information. Overall not enough information in this article.
10 posted on 05/03/2002 6:58:09 PM PDT by Lorianne
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According to specialists, abortions are responsible for a 40% decrease in a woman's fertility. It is estimated that 150,000 couples in Greece cannot have children, because they have at least one abortion in their past.

Any abortion is added to the non-fertile side of the equation. Only live births count toward "fertility."

Hence this quack is throwing different terms around indescriminately.

11 posted on 05/03/2002 10:12:09 PM PDT by jlogajan
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Aristotelian bump
12 posted on 05/03/2002 10:46:10 PM PDT by Dajjal
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Abortion causes scar tissue which makes it hard for a woman to become pregnant.
14 posted on 12/26/2002 7:17:02 PM PST by Coleus
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