Comments on: Who’s getting abortions? Not who you’d think

By: captain_menace

captain_menace — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:37:27 +0000

I can tell you who definitely isn’t getting abortions… old male lawmakers.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:06:24 +0000

Lefthook
This is one of those “protracted battles” which frankly has been shoved in my face since before Reagan. It looks like a great way to get Americans to “lock horns” while the country is being robbed blind by crooks and liars. And I’ve mentioned several issues which are ignored by the “pro-lifers” which would reduce the number of abortions and appeal to pro-choicers too. And as usual I’m a fiscal conservative pro-choice Republican who is supporting a pro-life Presidential candidate. (And this one is ignored by the pro-life crowd too)

By: LeftHook

LeftHook — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:02:39 +0000

Pro-choicers would work with pro-lifers day and night to reduce the demand for abortions AS LONG AS criminalizing abortion is off the table. Or we can be at each others throats. It’s really up to the pro-lifers.

By: LeftHook

LeftHook — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:59:40 +0000

US abortions at lowest rate since 1974

AP: The number of abortions in the United States fell to 1.2 million in 2005, down 25 percent from the all-time high of 1.6 million in 1990 and dropping the abortion rate to its lowest level since 1974, according to report issued Thursday.

The Guttmacher Institute, which surveyed abortion providers nationwide, said there likely were several reasons for the decline, including more effective use of contraceptives, lower levels of unintended pregnancy and greater difficulty obtaining abortions in some parts of the country.

The institute’s president, Sharon Camp, noted that despite the drop, more than one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2005.