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To: Persevero
Dear Persevero,

“But for example only 3-4% of abortions in this country are performed on married women.”

Not quite.

Here are two sources - one pro-abort, one pro-life:

“Marital Status

“Most women getting abortions (83%) are unmarried; 67% have never married, and 16% are separated, divorced, or widowed.”

Thus, 17% of abortions are committed on currently-married women.

http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/women_who.html

“Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions...”

http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html

The abortion folks say 17%, the pro-lifers say 18.4%.

Close enough for me.

But it's not 3 - 4%.


sitetest

40 posted on 07/12/2010 2:44:45 PM PDT by sitetest ( If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

Fair enough, perhaps your stats are more recent than mine.

Some of those “married” women may be separated or whatever.


41 posted on 07/12/2010 3:40:19 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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