Thread: Who is Having Abortions and why?

http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html

Interesting facts.

It seems that most women who commit abortions are not at or below poverty level. Also many claim to have religious affiliations.

There goes two of the pro abortion myths busted right there!

interesting fact:

"47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion."

Repeat offenders abound!

Another:

"1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest"

Wow 1%, hardly a compelling reason to allow fetal homicide through abortion.

So what? They are having a perfectly legal medical procedure done.

Originally Posted by Montoya

So what? They are having a perfectly legal medical procedure done.

Slavery was once legal too! In fact, the recent posts by some pro abortionists here claiming that a child in utero is the mother's "personal property" is getting very close to mirroring slavery!

18.4% of abortions are performed on married women. So woman DO have abortions when their husband doesn't know about it - you think all those women had the abortion with the support of their partner?

31% of all abortions are performed on Catholic women. So much for the lifer theory that a religious woman wouldn't have an abortion - Catholics have more abortions than Atheists! What does that tell you?

Oh, and you'll also see that the majority of abortions occur before the 9th week, and less than 1% after week 20. So why the lifers continue to prattle on about late term abortions is beyond me.

Originally Posted by Makedde

Catholics have more abortions than Atheists! What does that tell you?

It tells me that the old pro-abortion argument that all opposition to abortion is religious doesn't really work. Just like Whaler pointed out.

Those having abortions tend to be women. In America, 99% of those happen before the end of the second trimester, and all of them are performed perfectly lawfully. The reason they do this is often a failure of contraception.

Originally Posted by Whaler17

http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html

Interesting facts.

It seems that most women who commit abortions are not at or below poverty level. Also many claim to have religious affiliations.

There goes two of the pro abortion myths busted right there!

interesting fact:

"47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion."

Repeat offenders abound!

Another:

"1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest"

Wow 1%, hardly a compelling reason to allow fetal homicide through abortion.

"There are lies, (*)(*)(*)(*)ed lies and Statistics"

The very fact that you are quoting a rabidly anti-abortion site tends to put the figures into dispute

Hmmmm - and the way they quote those statics makes it even more suspect but the actual joke of it all - they have referenced to the Guttmacher institute!!

Without looking too deep (I did night duty last night) I would bet those figures are cherry picked

But tell me Whaler - and just taking the stats at face value here - why is living below the poverty line NOT a reason for abortion? Surely the inability to feed the family is a consideration?

If you get to dismiss the 1% of rape cases due to abortion can we dismiss all the stupid moaning and groaning about late term abortions since those only make up like 1.5% of all abortions? And every time a lifer says, "SO IT'S OK TO KILL IT JUST BEFORE IT'S BORN" can we just sock them in the face for being so idiotic?

Originally Posted by Whaler17

Slavery was once legal too! In fact, the recent posts by some pro abortionists here claiming that a child in utero is the mother's "personal property" is getting very close to mirroring slavery!

It's very close, no, it actually IS slavery to force a woman to serve something at the expense of her own well-being.

Originally Posted by Makedde

18.4% of abortions are performed on married women. So woman DO have abortions when their husband doesn't know about it - you think all those women had the abortion with the support of their partner?

31% of all abortions are performed on Catholic women. So much for the lifer theory that a religious woman wouldn't have an abortion - Catholics have more abortions than Atheists! What does that tell you?

Oh, and you'll also see that the majority of abortions occur before the 9th week, and less than 1% after week 20. So why the lifers continue to prattle on about late term abortions is beyond me.

It seems that you are finally becoming enlightened to the fact that abortion views are generally NOT religion based. This is progress.

I don't see "lifers" dwelling on later term abortions. I see "deathers" wanting that to be true, but it just isn't!

I see "deathers" routinely bringing up rape and incest, which make up 1% of abortions though.