On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:47:23 -0400,
Silen...@hotmail.com wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:50:23 -0400, Patrick <
pbark...@woh.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:06:34 -0400,
Silen...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:12:06 -0400, Patrick <
pbark...@woh.rr.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
Silen...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>O Patrick <
pbark...@woh.rr.com>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>Just as there's a means to revive someone who's drowned - mouth to
>>>>>>>mouth resuscitation, there's a means to remove a parasite from one's
>>>>>>>body.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There is a means to do a lot of things.
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes.
>>>>>Why shouldn't we avail ourselves of them if we wish?
>>>>>You've not provided any good reason we shouldn't.
>>>>
>>>>Do whatever you want, as long as I don't have to pay for it, or your
>>>>actions do not offend me.
>>>
>>>You -don't- have to pay for another's abortion.
>>
>>I am a taxpayer.
>
>How many taxpayer funded abortions were performed in the U.S. last
>year?
" a couple of million."
>>I AM paying for sluts' abortions who are inconvenienced by a baby.
>
>Are the married women who have abortions "sluts" too, rightard?
What married women?
Nearly half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended,
and 4 in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. 22% of all
pregnancies end in abortion. 40% of pregnancies among white women,
69% among blacks and 54% among Hispanics are unintended. In 2005,
1.21 million abortions were performed, down from 1.31 million in 2000.
More than 45 million legal abortions were performed from 1973 through
2005. Each year, about 2% of women aged 15-44 have an abortion; 47% of
them have had at least one previous abortion. At least half of all
American women will face an unintended pregnancy by age 45 and, at
current rates; about one-third will have had an abortion.
Most women receiving abortion (83%) are unmarried. Women who have
never married obtain two-thirds of all abortions. 16% are separated,
divorced, or widowed. Married women are significantly less likely than
unmarried women to resolve unintended pregnancies through abortion.
The abortion rate among women living below the federal poverty level
($9,570.) is per women (below 100% of poverty) is nearly four times
that of women above 200% of poverty (112 vs. 29 per 1000 women).
The decision to have an abortion is never simple. The reasons women
provide for having an abortion underscores their understanding of the
responsibilities of parenthood and family life. Three-fourths of women
cite concerns for or responsibility to other individuals;
three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school
or the ability to care for dependents; and half say they do not want
to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or
partner. Lack of money ranks very high. Many feel the responsible
course of action is to wait until their situation is more suited to
child rearing; 66% plan to have children when they are older and
financially able to provide for a child and/or in a supportive
relationship with a partner so their children can have two parents.
There are undoubtedly some women who, in hindsight, wish that they had
made a different choice and the majority would prefer never to have
become pregnant when the circumstances were not right for them.
54% of women having abortions had used a contraceptive method (usually
the condom or the pill) during the month they became pregnant. Among
those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users report having
used their method inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of
condom users report correct use. There is no contraceptive method that
can prevent pregnancy 100% of the time.
46% percent of women who have abortion had not used a contraceptive
method during the month they became pregnant. Of these women, 33% had
perceived themselves to be at low risk for pregnancy, 32% had concerns
about contraceptive methods, 26% had unexpected sex.
http://www.womenscenter.com/abortion_stats.html