Monday, January 29, 2024

Abortion in the US 12924


There were 168.8 million women in the US population in 2020

There were a total of 620,327 abortions in the US in 2020.

3.6% of women in the US got abortions in 2020.

Abortions increased from 2021 to 2023

Year        Annual    Monthly

2021       625,978   52165

2022      924,000   77000

2023   1,044,000   87000

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/ss/ss7209a1.htm

Women receiving an abortion in 2020 by age.

8.1% of age 20 and younger

6.6% of age 40 and older

23.7% of 30 to 39 year-olds

56.6% of 20 to 29 year-olds

https://mana.org/health/abortion-statistics

 

US Abortions per year

Abortions by Race in 2020 included

39.2% Black

32.7% White

21.1% Hispanic

7%  Other

 

86.3% were Not married

13.7% were married

49% were below the poverty line

26% were up to twice the poverty line

 

45% of abortions occur at 6 weeks or earlier

35.6% of abortions occur at 7 to 9 weeks

12.2% of abortions occur at 10 to 13 weeks

6.8% of abortions occur at 14 weeks or later

 

Pew Research reported that 19% of responders want all abortions legal

2% want abortion legal with no exceptions

 

Many of the physical risks that come with abortion are rare. Some medical complications of abortion include:

Pregnancy tissue remains in the uterus

Uterine blood clots

Heavy bleeding

Injury to cervix or uterus 

Extremely heavy bleeding

Infection

Allergic reaction to the abortion medication 

https://mosaic-virginia.org/resources/effects-of-abortion/?utm_source=lgm&utm_medium=SEM&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz_bOhsDzgwMVhwitBh09SQFoEAAYAyAAEgIPLfD_BwE

 

BELOW ARE SYMPTOMS OF ABORTION TRAUMA

Bouts of crying

Depression

Guilt

Inability to forgive yourself

Intense grief / sadness

Anger / rage

Emotional numbness

Sexual problems or promiscuity

Eating disorders

Lowered self esteem

Drug and alcohol abuse

Nightmares and sleep disturbances

Suicidal urges

Difficulty with relationships

Anxiety and panic attacks

Flashbacks

Multiple abortions

Pattern of repeat crisis pregnancy

Discomfort around babies or pregnant women

Fear/ambivalence of pregnancy

https://h3helpline.org/help-after-abortion/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImau7zL7zgwMVZC2tBh2-Ww55EAAYAiAAEgJdIPD_BwE

 

In 2019, adoptions in the US totaled 120,869 vs 620,327 abortions in 2020.

117000 children were waiting to be adopted and 58,000 were adopted in 2020.

407,000 children were in Foster Care in 2020.

By admitting that the Supreme Court State had no standing to rule on abortion cases, this overturned Roe v Wade and tossing it to State Legislatures.

In the 1900s and before, Orphanages were established to care for infants who were abandoned by their mothers.

The most famous Orphanage was Father Flannigan’s Boy’s Town in Nebraska. It has a website and reports a population of 414 boys.  No other orphanages can be found on google. 

Foster Care has replaced the orphanages. Kids who are not adopted often get passed between many foster and group homes until they age out at age 18-21. Kids with disabilities, including learning disabilities, are twice as likely to age out of the system. Once they have aged out, many of these young vulnerable adults face life alone.Oct 29, 2020 Foster Care is a poor replacement for Orphanages because they shuffle children around and the children don’t even have the friends they made in Orphanages.  States in the US also their Mental Hospitals and School & Hospital Homes for the Severely Retarded. They now live on the streets along with the drug addicts.

The US needs to re-open Orphanages as an option to abortion and re-open Mental Hospitals for the criminally insane. Churches need to open Addiction Treatment Centers, because the most effective treatment is God centered.

I suspect that States will pass Anti-Abortion Laws with limits and allow abortion to be legal if it endangers the health of the mother and in the cases of rape and incest. Some will allow abortions before 6 weeks. The heartbeat begins at 22 days. A fetus feels pain after 24 weeks. Most believe that life does begin at conception,

but pro-abortion forces will protest every version of State Anti-Abortion Bills. It would be wise for States to reopen Orphanages and Mental Hospitals before they draft their Anti-Abortion Bills. The Parent(s) giving up an orphan should decide on the orphanage or foster care options. Women who have illegal abortions should have their tubes tied, but should not go to jail. Women who decide on abortion should travel to wherever abortion is legal.

When Roe v Wade passed, people asked me how I felt. I mentioned that killing children would be more appropriate if they were really bad teenagers. I ended up believing that it would be better to banish bad teenagers and rehab these lost sheep later. The name I gave to abortion was “agnosticide” because agnostics didn’t believe that human life belonged to God and found nothing wrong with killing their infants. I did think that a nation founded on life, liberty and private property should not legalize killing babies.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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