Not exact matches
Well, if you look at the statistical analysis, you will find that as
abortion became legal and safe, the
rate of violent crime has dropped in this country — significantly and
with a high correlation to access to safe and legal
abortions.
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.
Lancet researchers looked at the legal status of
abortion and found that it didn't correlate
with lower
abortion rates.
The research evidence on this question is hard to deny and right in line
with the predictions of the economic models: prohibition of secret
abortions cuts both teenage
abortion rates and teenage pregnancy
rates.
In addition, some surveys show that here in the U.S., states
with more
abortion restrictions do in fact have lower
abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effect.
This is very important because, although the remit of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit is to cut pregnancy
rates, one of its main policy recommendations that it emphasises year after year is to provide youngsters
with easier and better access to confidential
abortion.
So,
with those considerations in mind, I think it's safer to say that while legal restrictions on
abortion might put a dent in the
abortion rate, they won't put an end to
abortion as we know it, and, most importantly, they won't do a thing to alter the number of unwanted pregnancies.
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.
Canada has a much lower
abortion rate with a higher atheist / agnostic
rate than the US (and there are NO restrictions on
abortion in Canada).
Yes, and there are 300 million citizens in the US and they can't stop from shooting each other and putting each other behind bars, and ruining the world banking system
with dubious methods and instruments and wreck people's retirement savings all over the world, not to mention the high
abortion rate, murder
rate and consumption of resources
rate... It's just a disorganized disaster, as opposed to the Nazi's who had an organized disaster.
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
rate of
abortion of babies in the womb detected
with Down's syndrome is expected to rise
with the introduction of the test.
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.
I would agree that divorce
rate, violent crime
rate,
abortion rate are good moral indicators, but I do nt see how you can ascribe that to having ~ 5 % more atheists especially when you have countries
with 90 % more atheists that ALL have abysmal morals.
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.
At one point it even commends to the attention of the EU «examples of Member States combining the liberal legislation of
abortion with effective sexuality education, high - quality family planning services and the availability of different contraceptives which combine lower
abortion rates and higher birth
rates.»
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.
The most religious states in the our union are the ones
with the greatest poverty
rates, least healthy and happy citizens, high divorce
rates, high teen pregnancy
rates, high STD
rates, high
abortion rates, etc..
The least religious countries on the planet are the ones
with the happiest and healthiest citizens, lowest levels of corruption, low crime
rates, low STD
rates, low
abortion rates, low teen pregnancy
rates, high levels of education, the most egalitarian societies, etc..
comparative studies on people
with religiosity and various social ills has shown higher
rates of belief in a creator correlate
with higher
rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates, teen pregnancy and
abortion.
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.
Ironically, nulliparity, i.e., having no children, is associated
with an increased
rate of breast cancer, even in nuns, who presumably do not have
abortions.
Economic assistance to low income families is correlated
with a 20 % lower
abortion rate.
With abortion clinics closing at record
rates as
abortions hit near - record lows and state restrictions hit near - record highs, a respected report released today reveals that U.S.
abortions have dropped to their lowest
rate since 1973 — the year the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade.
States
with the highest
abortion rates in the country, like California and New York, would be unlikely to outlaw
abortion in their states.
The Guttmacher Institute, which is affiliated
with the
abortion rights movement, suggested the improved use of contraceptives attributed to the falling
rate and total.
And you are aware 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» (Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health
with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies, 2005)
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 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 birth
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 birth
abortion or gave birth».
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.»
«Globally,
abortion rates have plateaued, and we found that this plateau coincided
with the level of contraceptive use,» says Sedgh.
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.
It also noted that
abortions in Texas before HB2 were «extremely safe
with particularly low
rates of serious complications and virtually no deaths.»
Interestingly, at the time,
abortion wasn't proscribed as a moral issue the same way it is today; it was criminalized primarily because it was a dangerous practice
with very high mortality
rates, before the advent of antiseptics and antibiotics.
so you end up
with hundreds of millions of unintended pregnnancies, a high
abortion rate, that leasdas to manh women iending up in the hosptial unnecssarily and many kids who are born into situations where they'll end up terribly struggling and living short, brutal lives.
Previous studies also failed to show significant differences in pregnancy or
abortion rates among women
with advance provisions of EC.6, 7,19 It is possible that the effect of increased access on pregnancy
rates is truly negligible because EC is not as effective as found in the single - use clinical trials, or because women at highest risk do not use EC frequently enough or at all.
Data shows that restrictive
abortion laws are not associated
with lower
abortion rates.
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 insur
With increasing numbers of their clients obtaining health insurance,
abortion providers — and specialized providers in particular — may have new incentives to establish relationships
with insur
with insurers.
Religious beliefs and rules about contraceptive use,
abortions, gender roles and the importance of the family are associated
with fertility
rates [120,121].
In Japan, female - biased sex ratios were associated
with poorer union stability, shorter life expectancy, lower total fertility
rates, and higher
rates of spontaneous and artificial
abortion [106].