More unwanted babies.

[techs]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_he_me/unwanted_pregnancies

Survey Shows Unwanted Births Up
More American women are having babies they didn't want, a survey indicates, but federal researchers say they don't know if that means attitudes about abortion are changing.
U.S. women of childbearing age who were surveyed in 2002 revealed that 14 percent of their recent births were unwanted at the time of conception, federal researchers said Monday.
In a similar 1995 survey, only 9 percent were unwanted at the time of conception.
At least one anti-abortion group said the numbers reflect a national "pro-life shift," while others who research reproductive health issues suggested it might mean less access to abortion.
The latest findings are consistent with the falling rate of abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based nonprofit group that researches reproductive health issues.
In 1995, for every 100 pregnancies that ended in abortion or a birth, almost 26 ended in abortion. In 2002, 24 ended in abortion, according to Guttmacher data.


Hmm. So the success of a pro-life ideology is unwanted children. I think that's interesting. I wonder if that will affect the children later in life?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: techs
Hmm. So the success of a pro-life ideology is unwanted children. I think that's interesting. I wonder if that will affect the children later in life?

Who cares? If they accept Christ as their lord and savior they'll be fine.

 

[EatSpam]

I hope the change indicates an increase in adoption....

 

[Todd33]

Yes, adaption of children by self righteous Christians is up, right? I'm sure Zentroll adopted two black children this year alone.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Interesting article. But the OP has distorted the story a bit. (As usual) The poll counted pregnancies that were unwanted at the time of conception. The term "unwanted" was defined as answering no to this question: "Right before you became pregnant, did you yourself want to have a baby at any time in the future?"

I hardly think these statistics bear out the conclusion that the "success of the pro-life ideology is unwanted children." :disgust:



You almost sound disappointed that more women are choosing to have their babies.

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: techs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_he_me/unwanted_pregnancies

Hmm. So the success of a pro-life ideology is unwanted children. I think that's interesting. I wonder if that will affect the children later in life?

Let's just kill em off!

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: techs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_he_me/unwanted_pregnancies

Hmm. So the success of a pro-life ideology is unwanted children. I think that's interesting. I wonder if that will affect the children later in life?

Let's just kill em off!

You bring in the automatic weapons...I'll bring the ammunition and beer! :roll:

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: techs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_he_me/unwanted_pregnancies

Hmm. So the success of a pro-life ideology is unwanted children. I think that's interesting. I wonder if that will affect the children later in life?

Let's just kill em off!

You bring in the automatic weapons...I'll bring the ammunition and beer! :roll:

I would think that, unless you like abortions, even liberals wouldn't be upset with this development. Well, unless you have a hand in the abortion industry.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Just more religious mystics destroying their lives and possibly condemning themselves to lives of poverty, a lack of mobility, and increased difficulty in educational and career advancement. That's just part of the cost of maintaining an irrational belief in religious mysticism.

"OMG! The God being 'breathed' a 'soul' into my brainless embryo at the time of conception. I can feel it! It's a sign from God! I'd better have this baby and raise it 'cause God said so!"

It is a form of justice that people who maintain irrational beliefs (like religious mysticism and belief in a diety) end up suffering for it.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper
Just more religious mystics destroying their lives and possibly condemning themselves to lives of poverty, a lack of mobility, and increased difficulty in educational and career advancement. That's just part of the cost of maintaining an irrational belief in religious mysticism.

"OMG! The God being 'breathed' a 'soul' into my brainless embryo at the time of conception. I can feel it! It's a sign from God! I'd better have this baby and raise it 'cause God said so!"

It is a form of justice that people who maintain irrational beliefs (like religious mysticism and belief in a diety) end up suffering for it.

I don't give a damn if they ruin their own lives, or why. I care about protecting my family from the demented psychopaths their unwanted children grow up to be.