Sentences with phrase «abortion rate for»

The abortion rate for all women fell 34 %, Teal said.

A couple of research papers indicated only a decrease in abortion rates that is statistically insignificant (i.e. it could have been due to chance rather than the change in the law), but these have tended to analyse data on abortion rates for all ages, not specifically teenage abortion rates.

Not exact matches

It turns God into a pawn in our political chess games, brazenly enlisting God's support for our particular policies on tax rates or abortion or the war in Afghanistan.

The African - American abortion rate is 41 per 1,000 women among that age group, which is four times higher than non-Hispanic whites abortion rate at 10 per 1,000 and twice as high for Hispanics at 20 per 1,000.»

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

For example, countries in the Caribbean currently own the highest abortion rates (65 per 1,000 women of reproductive age).

In Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion rate.

I think it's safe to say that few people who vote for Hillary Clinton this year will do so because they want the abortion rate to go up.

They say further that even if one does not equate a fetus with a child, as long as one attributes some value to the fetus» and they demonstrate how economists routinely make such outrageous calculations in insurance claims for loss of body parts» and put the value as low as one hundredth of a human being, the lowered crime rate would not come near justifying the number of abortions.

But Clinton is far better positioned to keep the abortion rate at the record low it saw under President Obama while the Republican Party works for the next four years to produce the kind of candidate the people of this country deserve.

Perhaps the most effective measure that British Government could use to help achieve its target of cutting teenage pregnancy rates is to introduce a rule giving prohibiting confidential abortions for minors, such that parents would have to be informed or, better still, would have to consent to their youngsters having an abortion.

Proponents for an individual's reproductive rights support data suggesting comprehensive sex education and birth control reduce abortion rates when young people have access to them.

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.

Somewhat dubious, I searched for the data, which reveals the pro-lifer was right on the facts but offering an unsupported interpretation: The study showed that the maternal mortality rate declined after abortion was prohibited in 1989, but that it had already been declining for more than a decade, probably as a result of rising levels of women's education.

The number of abortions had by believers and the rate at which believers have abortions should significantly less than for godless, immoral non-believers!

Last month, The Lancet journal revealed the latest results from a study on abortion trends calling for a new response to the stagnant or increasing abortion rates of the developing...

Last month, The Lancet journal revealed the latest results from a study on abortion trends calling for a new response to the stagnant or increasing abortion rates of the developing world.

With typical use rates like that, even if the girl was only coming to Planned Parenthood for a prescription, it was a certainty that some of her classmates who came for contraception would find themselves considering whether to return for an abortion.

Their conservative leanings are part of a broader trend increasingly documented in freshman surveys, federal statistics, and public opinion polls, which have found declining rates of approval for casual sex and legal abortion among the young and a rise in the percentage of teenagers who say they are virgins.

However, it is still disheartening to see a conservative commentator spout tired liberal talking points about how generous social programs are an effective strategy for reducing the abortion rate.

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.

America's inmorality has only kept getting bigger with abortions (at the rate Americans have it) and with legalizing gay marriage and now with forcing everyone to pay for contraception.

Despite a nationwide drop in abortions, Planned Parenthood's rates remain steady as it gains market share; meanwhile, the number of patients seen annually has dropped from 3 million to 2.4 million since 2008, due to fewer women coming in for other services, according to the NRLC report, which is based on numbers from Planned Parenthood, the affiliated Guttmacher Institute, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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.

The 2011 rate (the most recent year for which data is available) is the lowest since 1973, when America's abortion rate was 16.3.

Tough economic times may be responsible for America's declining abortion rate, which is at a 10 - year low.

Pro-life advocates welcomed the report, and pointed to the work of pro-life citizens and legislators as a reason for the dramatic decline in abortions and their rate.

The U.S. Catholic bishops warned that a decrease in support for families would undermine efforts to prevent abortions, and indeed the abortion rate did not decrease again until 2000, when it dropped to 16.

Black and Latina women tend to be poorer and are more often unemployed, and their abortion rates are two to three times higher than those for white women.

It obviously makes more sense to serve and educate the poor which among other things will lower the rate of unwanted pregnancies, than to try and make abortion illegal, for instance.

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.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges» report, «Induced Abortion and Mental Health» explains that «The rates of mental health problems for women with an unwanted pregnancy were the same whether they had an abortion or gave birthAbortion and Mental Health» explains that «The rates of mental health problems for women with an unwanted pregnancy were the same whether they had an abortion or gave birthabortion or gave birth».

Campaigners for a reduction in the abortion limit from 24 to 20 weeks received a blow today as a report suggested increases in survival rates of premature babies was so slight it could be down to chance.

Relegislate abortion, defend marriage, protect millionaires, abolish collective bargaining, hand out unfathomable tax breaks to giant oil corporations, dismantle the most popular and necessary entitlement program, and threaten to destroy America's international credit rating, but what has the GOP done for me lately?

He called New York the «abortion capital of America» for its 40 percent pregnancy termination rate in some locations.

Don't forget that our fantastic socially liberal policies are responsible for the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe, an explosion in youth crime and the wonderful notion that parents can be fined if their child doesn't attend school, but not have any right to know if their child is considering an abortion.

The abortion rate was highest at 33 per 1,000 for women aged 19 and 20, the same as in 2009 and slightly lower than the highest rates in the year 2000 (34 per 1,000 for both 19 and 20 year olds).

Some journalists argue that lower abortion rates from countries such as Romania is also due to corruption, since these funds are much harder to use for something else, as opposed to internal funds.

Suozzi backers say he received a 100 percent rating from Planned Parenthood when he last ran for county executive in 2013, and that the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League also endorsed Suozzi, saying, «Tom Suozzi supports women and treats our decisions with dignity.»

In replying to the debate, Health Minister Anne Milton stated that reducing the abortion rate was «an absolute priority» for the Government:

The researchers say that to get abortion rates falling again, aid for family planning and contraception needs to be drastically stepped up.

The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the increasing use of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate of unintended pregnancy and increasing numbers of state regulations that limit the availability of otherwise legal abortion services.

Randall O'Bannon, director of education and research for the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund, said the abortion rate is declining because «people's attitudes and actions regarding abortion have changed.»

Steven David «Steve» Levitt is a prominent American economist best known for his work on crime, in particular on the link between legalized abortion and crime rates.

The study also finds that adolescents seeking care for complications from miscarriage or unsafe clandestine abortion experience severe complications at the same rate as older women (one severe complication per every four complications).

After adjusting for lower levels of sexual activity among adolescents however, we find that adolescents have the highest abortion rate among all age - groups.

Due to health concerns about infection rates and adverse events, we are updating our medical protocol for medication abortion.

Background Information: Support for access to safe, legal abortion is at a record high — nearly 70 percent of Americans don't want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, the highest rate since the case was decided more than 40 years ago — and that includes people who voted for President Trump.