Abortion Promises Unfulfilled

public discourse ^ | Michael J. New

[Morgana]

In the 1960s and 1970s, abortion advocates used a variety of arguments to advance their cause. Some emphasized women’s liberty and autonomy. Others tried to persuade people that easy access to abortion would benefit society as a whole. Consider just two representative quotations:

“A policy that makes contraception and abortion freely available will greatly reduce the number of unwanted children, and thereby curb the tragic rise of child abuse in our country.” (NARAL, 1978)

“The impact of the abortion revolution may be too vast to assess immediately. It should usher in an era when every child will be wanted, loved, and properly cared for.” (NARAL co-founder Larry Lader, 1974)

Legal abortion, advocates argued, would result in fewer out-of-wedlock births and less child abuse, and would ensure that every child was wanted. Over time, these arguments lost credibility because neither out-of-wedlock births nor child abuse was decreasing.

[Slyfox]

The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect has reported that child abuse has increased more than 1,000 percent since the legalization of abortion in 1973.

[mirkwood]

why did you post this?

[Engedi]

I found it to be very informational. The yes abortion crowd stated that having abortions would decrease child abuse; more children would be loved and wanted. The study shows it acutally increased child-abuse by 1000% since abortions become legal.

[TigersEye]

Abortion is not about saving women’s lives!

54,559,615

Total Abortions since 1973

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Why the drop after 1960? (in deaths of women from illegal abortions) (see Women's Health partway down the page)

The reasons fewer women died from abortions were new and better antibiotics, better surgery and the establishment of intensive care units in hospitals. This was in the face of a rising population. Between 1967 and 1970 sixteen states legalized abortion. In most it was limited, only for rape, incest and severe fetal handicap (life of mother was legal in all states). There were two big exceptions — California in 1967, and New York in 1970 allowed abortion on demand. Now look at the charts carefully. When did maternal mortality rates start dropping significantly?

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Abortion Statistics - Decision to Have an Abortion (U.S.)

· 25.5% of women deciding to have an abortion want to postpone childbearing

· 21.3% of women cannot afford a baby

· 14.1% of women have a relationship issue or their partner does not want a child

· 12.2% of women are too young (their parents or others object to the pregnancy)

· 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their education or career

· 7.9% of women want no (more) children

· 3.3% of women have an abortion due to a risk to fetal health

2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health

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So how many women’s lives have been saved by abortion?

Less than 3% of abortions since 1972 were reported to be “due to a risk to maternal health.” A reasonable person would recognize that not all of those cases represent a lethal risk. But let’s say they did. That means that nearly 55 million fetuses were butchered to save the lives of about 1.6 million women. Or put another way; 34 babies are killed to save each woman.

Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman.

Roe v Wade: FULL Text (The Decision that wiped out an entire Generation 33 years ago today - 2006)

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[muawiyah]

We’ve discovered there are an incredible number of sociopathic bloodthirty women in this country.

[SuziQ]

2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health.

Keep in mind that 'maternal health' doesn't necessarily mean a threat to the mother's life. Nowadays it means most anything, including possibility of high stress, if the pregnancy were to continue. Heck, a woman could claim having the baby would give her stretch marks, and that would be damaging to her 'mental health'. It's a very loose definition covering almost anything.

[TigersEye]

Keep in mind that 'maternal health' doesn't necessarily mean a threat to the mother's life.

I know. I said that. :)