Elder Oaks' Address: Parental Immorality And Its Effects On Children

[Hestia]

Walden, you are off topic. This is not about the mall.

[The Grimace]

Do your own homework next time. http://sparky.guttma...ls/3422602.html

RESULTS: In 2000, 21 out of every 1,000 women of reproductive age had an abortion. Women who are aged 18-29, unmarried, black or Hispanic, or economically disadvantaged—including those on Medicaid—have higher abortion rates. The overall abortion rate decreased by 11% between 1994 and 2000. The decline was greatest for 15-17-year-olds, women in the highest income category, those with college degrees and those with no religious affiliation. Abortion rates for women with incomes below 200% of poverty and for women with Medicaid coverage increased between 1994 and 2000. The rate of decline in abortion among black and Hispanic adolescents was lower than that among white adolescents, and the abortion rate among poor teenagers increased substantially.

Ummm...exactly. The data that was originally presented shows that, from 2000 to 2010, the birth rate went from 80 live births per 1000 to 50 live births per 1000. As you've just pointed out, there was a decline in the abortion rates amongst black adolescent women from 1994 to 2000.

Did you look at the data or read the study beyond the abstract? Any conclusion that abortions lead to the results shown earlier is incorrect.