Not exact matches
A 2005 study
by Gregory S. Paul published in the Journal of Religion and Society stated that, «In general, higher
rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher
rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates, teen pregnancy, and
abortion in the prosperous democracies,» and «In all secular developing democracies, a centuries long - term trend has seen homicide
rates drop to historical lows» with the exceptions being the United States (with a high religiosity level) and «theistic» Portugal.
If you think these ideas are outdated or irrelevant, I suggest you take a look at the damage that has been wrought on society
by rampant divorce,
abortion, our of wedlock pregnancy, falling birth
rates, and a general view that life is NOT sacred, family is NOT important, and that children are more a burden to be avoided than anything.
Recent data published
by The Lancet journal shows that countries where
abortion is illegal or heavily restricted — mainly in Africa and Latin America — don't have lower
abortion rates than the rest of the world.
To date, over sixteen studies have looked at this issue and the impact on
abortion, birth or pregnancy
rates, the best of which is probably a study
by economist Philip Levine [2].
Our research is backed up
by all the other academic papers which examine the impact of easier access to EBC on unwanted pregnancy or
abortion rates.
By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of
abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling
abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce
abortions.
The number of
abortions had
by believers and the
rate at which believers have
abortions should significantly less than for godless, immoral non-believers!
Conversely, over the past 25 years, North American
abortion rates have dropped
by 40 percent.
got ta love the humility of the church... «we have the power to decide
by who, how and when someone can be saved from an eternity in hell... just don't miss the window that we set — ONE WEEK ONLY — ONE LOCATION — OUR
ABORTION FORGIVENESS
RATES CA N'T BE BEAT!!»
This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third -
rate educational system; our third -
rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence
by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited
abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.
Russia's grim Soviet - era housing, high
rates of
abortion and of alcoholism and substance abuse, crime syndicates controlled
by the Mafia and widespread corruption — all these help to make Christianity deeply attractive.
The insistence
by supporters of
abortion on demand that only «wanted children» be allowed to be born has not improved our infant mortality
rates, which have remained among the worst in the industrialized world; nor has it helped us cope effectively with the incidence of child abuse, the frequency and severity of which have increased dramatically during this time.
And several thousand women receive assistance each year to seek
abortions overseas in Great Britain, though the proportion of Irish women who receive
abortions is dwarfed
by the
abortion rate in the United Kingdom and the Unites States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported last week that the
rate and number of
abortions performed in the United States fell
by 5 percent in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available.
Indeed,
abortion rates are influenced
by economic and social conditions.
By contrast, countries in Latin America, where
abortion is illegal but mothers are not well supported, have among the highest
abortion rates.
According to a new report from the pro-choice organization, The Guttmacher Institute, between 2008 and 2011,
abortions in America fell
by 13 percent — hitting the lowest
rates in nearly 40 years.
The
abortion rate reported
by the Centers for Disease Control stayed steady at 24 or 23 per 1,000 women of child - bearing age from 1978 through 1992 (the last year of Bush the elder's administration), but then dropped dramatically to 17 per 1,000
by 1998 (the fifth year of the Clinton administration), as the unemployment
rate also dropped dramatically.
That and our «third -
rate educational system, our third -
rate morality, our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong lest we «impose» our morality on others and thus invite others to «impose» their morality onus, our reluctance to judge or be judged, our indifference to the needs of future generations as evidenced
by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our inhospitable attitude to the newcomers born in our midst, our unstated assumption which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited
abortion that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.»
The argument that the death and complication
rates for homebirth when there is little to no legal route (Yes, CNMs are able to perform homebirth in NC but they are required to be overseen
by an Obstetrician and therefore most work in birthing centers and hospitals) are proof of why it should not be considered for legalization and regulation is the same one seen when
abortion is prohibited.
ABORTION EXPANSION in New York State (highest Abortion Rates in the Country by far) is EXTREME and U
ABORTION EXPANSION in New York State (highest
Abortion Rates in the Country by far) is EXTREME and U
Abortion Rates in the Country
by far) is EXTREME and UNNEEDED.
In 1995, 35 women of childbearing age out of every 1000 had an
abortion;
by 2003, the
rate had dropped to 29
abortions per 1000 women.
A law intended to improve the safety of
abortion by medication tripled the
rate of complications because it stopped physicians from following latest research
Eran Bendavid at Stanford University, California, studied
abortion rates in 20 African countries affected
by the Bush restrictions on funding.
He found that — in contrast with the apparent intention of the restrictions —
abortion rates were more than twice as high in countries heavily affected
by the policy as they were in those that weren't.
Fueled
by stories of forced sterilizations, infanticide, child abandonment, and high
rates of
abortion (especially when the fetus is female), critics also say the policy has unfairly favored boys.
so you find the idea of national and international efforts to promote smaller families and to generally lower birth
rates among the world's poorest countries
by making birth control and
abortion universally and readily available to be an outrageously barbaric and unfair notion, do you???
Some of those topics included analyses of cheating
by teachers, the economics of being a crack cocaine dealer, and the impact of legalized
abortion on the crime
rate.
In 2015, the contraceptive care delivered
by Title X — funded providers helped women avoid 822,000 unintended pregnancies, which would have resulted in 387,000 unplanned births and 278,000
abortions.3 Without the contraceptive care provided
by these health centers, the U.S.
rates of unintended pregnancy and
abortion would have been 31 % higher, and the teen unintended pregnancy
rate would have been 44 % higher (see chart 1).
Maternal mortality
rates released earlier this year
by a group of UN agencies including WHO, showed far greater declines, indicating that progress in reducing unsafe
abortion lags behind other efforts to improve women's health worldwide.
A new study
by the Guttmacher Institute released last week, U.S. Teen Pregnancies, Births and
Abortions, 2008: National Trends
by Age, Race and Ethnicity, found that pregnancy
rates have declined dramatically among all teens over the past two decades, and that these declines have been primarily driven
by improved use of contraception, particularly increases in the use of highly effective methods and dual use of contraception and condoms.
In fact, a recent study found that if women have access to birth control of their choosing, at no cost, the
abortion rate can be cut
by up to 71 percent.
A study of 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that the
abortion rate rose during the George W. Bush administration in countries affected
by the ban.
First, millions of people have gained health insurance coverage as a result of the ACA, and the uninsured
rate among women of reproductive age fell
by more than one - third over the first two full years of the law's implementation.7 With increasing numbers of their clients obtaining health insurance,
abortion providers — and specialized providers in particular — may have new incentives to establish relationships with insurers.