Abortion by numbers – What’s happened since Roe v Wade – Part 2
Bottom Line: In January during the debates in New York and Virginia that included advocacy for “post-birth” abortions, I shared this with you.
The scientific definition of life is...
Life
/līf/
noun
- the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
Now, take the scientific definition and apply it to the abortion argument generally. There are yes and no answers toall ofthese circumstances. As early as conception is there:
- The capacity for growth? - Yes
- Potential toreproduce?- Yes
- Potential for functional activity? - Yes
- Continual change preceding death? - Yes
Pregnancy, as early as conception, fits every scientific characteristic of life. Now, about the numbers for a moment. Since Roe v Wade in 1973 there have been more than 61,303,000 abortions. Now it’s not just about the 61+ million either. Someone born in 1973 is 46 years old. By now we’re talking about multi-generational losses of life in this country. The average age of a first-time mother is 26. The average number of children per family is 1.9. Sparing you the details of the math, according to my calculations 37% of those aborted would have had an average of 1.9 children. That’s an additional 43.1 million people that never happened multi-generationally at this point. The net impact since 1973 is over 104 million, or nearly a third of the US population.
- Using CDC statistics, 0.6% of pregnancies threaten a mother’s life.
That means that abortions since 1973 would have saved 624,000 women while preventing more than 103 million lives. So back to the abortion saving lives thing. That’s a tough sale. There are two sides to stories and side to facts.