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Abortions at lowest level since Roe v. Wade
Thomas More ^

Posted on 01/27/2008 3:19:45 PM PST by tpanther

Abortions At Lowest Level Since Roe!

January 17, 2008

This is great news and proves that the pro-life movement and it's positive message on a culture of life works. It also proves that more education and better science doesn't translate into more abortions, but less. Why? because women understand more than ever that abortion kills a human being. With 4D ultrasound and understanding the begining of life better scientifically one cannot put the blinders on any longer and rely on the empty rhetoric that we just don't know when life begins or it's nat really a human.

It's still disappointing that the writers of this article and the people behind the study try to explain away these results with everything but the obvious that Americans generally do not want to kill their children.

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It also noted that the number of abortion providers has fallen steadily since 1982, when there were 2,900 facilities that offered abortions, to around 1,800 in 2005.

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Perhaps the reason there are less abortion mills is because there is less a demand for abortion. I remember some class I took in highschool about supply and demand.

The article also is a warning as to abortifacients. Their use is up, and the dangers they pose is real. Plus the fact that those that provide them don't warn the people that are taking them that they are truly abortifacients.


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The article they're referring to is listed within the link and can't be reproduced but what good news!
1 posted on 01/27/2008 3:19:48 PM PST by tpanther
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To: tpanther

This is proof that no matter what the politicians, or courts, or the media, say, abortions will drop if people are properly informed.


2 posted on 01/27/2008 3:22:02 PM PST by technomage (Radical Islam gives me the urge to go to the bathroom and drop a big mohammed!)
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To: tpanther

all this without making abortion illegal.

What is needed is a national pro-life ad campaign. Organizers would be paid more or less or even fired depending on the success of the campaign.


3 posted on 01/27/2008 3:27:32 PM PST by ari-freedom (the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I can’t imagine.)
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To: technomage

Exactly...but you’ll never get that from the media or the pro-infanticide crowd!


4 posted on 01/27/2008 3:28:32 PM PST by tpanther
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To: tpanther
FYI - See post Guttmacher Report (decrease in abortion) Inaccurate (intentional lie in election year)
5 posted on 01/27/2008 3:36:50 PM PST by ZGuy
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To: tpanther

Laws don’t drive public opinion, but public opinion can and does drive the law.


6 posted on 01/27/2008 3:36:53 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: tpanther

1.2 million abortions in the United States in 2005.

I wonder if the rate of abortions has dropped because there are less non-Hispanic (Hispanics are largely Catholic) young people around to get pregnant.

IOW - Having abortions will reduce the number of future abortions.


7 posted on 01/27/2008 3:40:26 PM PST by kidd
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Hey!

Only 1,200,000 per year, now?

Great!

/s


8 posted on 01/27/2008 3:41:39 PM PST by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us.")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
Laws don’t drive public opinion, but public opinion can and does drive the law.

And a real, dynamic leader can drive public opinion.

9 posted on 01/27/2008 3:42:43 PM PST by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us.")
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To: ZGuy

Funny...another vast right wing conspiracy?

And I’ve had 3 pop-ups about malicious script since posting this...

coincidence?


10 posted on 01/27/2008 3:45:30 PM PST by tpanther
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To: unspun

and Huckabee would drive public opinion by turning off millions of women and end up with hillary in the WH.


11 posted on 01/27/2008 3:45:52 PM PST by ari-freedom (the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I can’t imagine.)
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To: tpanther; SavannahJake; PaulZe; poobear; AKA Elena; Oshkalaboomboom; LikeLight; Ol' Sparky; ...
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Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.

12 posted on 01/27/2008 3:47:35 PM PST by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: ari-freedom
and Huckabee would drive public opinion by turning off millions of women and end up with hillary in the WH.

More women are pro-life than men. The most pro-abortion group is men in their 20's (according to a survey more than a decade ago -- the younger generation is more pro-life).

Mike Huckabee gets a shade more support from women than men.

Red herrings may be good for pickling, but not for politics.

13 posted on 01/27/2008 3:52:42 PM PST by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us.")
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I recently read somewhere that abortions are down, but use of the abortion pill (I believe it is called RU-486) is up by about 21% if the article I read is correct. Seems that doctors that won’t do abortions are more willing to write a script. . .

Clean and tidy for all involved, except the poor baby.
Such a sick, demented world we live in.


14 posted on 01/27/2008 4:04:39 PM PST by Enough_Deceit (Confessions of a middle-aged drama queen. ;-))
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To: Enough_Deceit

Had not considered that. Still some progress. Partial birth abortions should be the first priority to abolish.


15 posted on 01/27/2008 4:07:57 PM PST by tpanther
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The death of 1.2 million children a year via abortion is a testament to how our culture has degraded over the last 60 or so years. Morally is tossed away without even an afterthought when it comes to the birth and rearing of children.

I pray that my grandchildren are alive and happy, and I offer the same prayer for their children and offspring, forever. For others who have not seen the light, I pray that their hearts may be turned to the Gospel of Life, and discard the world of darkness.


16 posted on 01/27/2008 4:09:44 PM PST by gpapa ("My idea of gun control is a good, steady aim" - Fred Thompson)
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Why? because women understand more than ever that abortion kills a human being.

The women getting pregnant today are those who weren't aborted as fetuses after Roe v Wade. The most pro abortion women have fewer children. Pro life women have more children who tend to grow up to be pro life themselves. The DemocRATS have aborted a large portion of a whole generation of potential DemocRAT voters.

17 posted on 01/27/2008 4:11:49 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: technomage
Actually if you base this finding in my state, the reason is that getting knocked up in your senior year of high school and then every year or so after guarantees a modest income. The payroll department where I work told me that they have 71% of the males they have on the books paying child support thru state mandate(it's not optional here) thru payroll deductions. It's pathetic.

I have a neighbor(who's pretty typical) who's 24 and has had three children from three different daddies, pulling in $1,400 per month. Her mother did the same thing. It's just enough to not work. It's been three years since the last one and she's really trying to expand her income again.

18 posted on 01/27/2008 4:14:04 PM PST by blackdog
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To: technomage

Medical knowledge and technology has played the major role in much of this change. Not being in that area of work, I haven’t contributed to that. Not being in politics, I haven’t done anything there, except small financial contributions to NRLC. We are seeing a cultural shift in certain notable movies, especially coming from the under-35 crowd. I’m a “sometimes” songwriter and I offer my little contribution to the hearts and minds battle for the culture at http://www.myspace.com/emmettgrayson. It’s even been picked up for use at one of the pro-life websites. It’s free to listen, of course. “A Dream A Lot Like Mine” will come up as soon as you get to the link. When I play it publicly, I get much more favorable response from younger folks than from most of my own generation.


19 posted on 01/27/2008 4:17:05 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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A no win no matter what with a nanny state...and they’ll keep voting for the party that forwards the agenda of such leeches on society.

PLUS she can get FREE healthcare...

Enough to make one sick!


20 posted on 01/27/2008 4:19:34 PM PST by tpanther
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