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1/3 of all women in the U.S. have abortions by the time they're 45 years old. 27% of them are Catholic. 13% of them consider themselves to be "born-again" or evangelical Christians. And often, they feel that they should be ashamed and judged harshly for doing it, but they still do it.
Estimates suggest that 1 million abortions occurred annually before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Based on the rise in U.S. population, the number of abortions now occurring annually (1.5 million) represent approximately the same rate of occurance. In other words, the rate of women having abortions has not changed since it became legal. What has changed is that women don't die or suffer permanent disfigurement as a result of illegal abortions. Before Roe v. Wade, 10 women out of every 100 died as a result of illegal procedures to terminate pregnancy. Now, in states where it is legal, there are only 3 deaths out of every 100,000 abortions. The issue has never been whether or not abortions should occur--they always occur. The issue is: will poor and working class women be allowed to access safe, legal abortions, the same way women with money and connections have always been able to do?
Last week, the South Dakota legislature passed a law making it illegal to have an abortion in that state (even in cases of rape or incest)unless the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. The Planned Parenthood Association has challenged the law in court and the matter is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court eventually.
Time for me to start making things happen.
06' should be good.
Estimates suggest that 1 million abortions occurred annually before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Based on the rise in U.S. population, the number of abortions now occurring annually (1.5 million) represent approximately the same rate of occurance. In other words, the rate of women having abortions has not changed since it became legal. What has changed is that women don't die or suffer permanent disfigurement as a result of illegal abortions. Before Roe v. Wade, 10 women out of every 100 died as a result of illegal procedures to terminate pregnancy. Now, in states where it is legal, there are only 3 deaths out of every 100,000 abortions. The issue has never been whether or not abortions should occur--they always occur. The issue is: will poor and working class women be allowed to access safe, legal abortions, the same way women with money and connections have always been able to do?
Last week, the South Dakota legislature passed a law making it illegal to have an abortion in that state (even in cases of rape or incest)unless the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. The Planned Parenthood Association has challenged the law in court and the matter is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court eventually.
Time for me to start making things happen.
06' should be good.