Life Matters 9-11-12

Like most pro-lifers, I was disturbed by the behavior at the DNC on the issue of abortion. To say they embraced it would be an understatement. I found it unsettling to see so many speakers not only advocate for it, but also speak of it like it was such a great and noble thing. There is nothing great or noble about it. It ends a human life. That’s tragic, and there is nothing noble about it. I would think that regardless of your view on abortion, we could all at least agree that it is sad that it occurs, and that we as a society would want to at least ensure that as few as possible take place. Sadly, after watching the convention, the error of that idea is apparent. One side has embraced it, along with the practitioners of it, and they seem proud of it as well. The fact that life has so little value to them is troubling. And heartbreaking.

With all that in mind, I’d like to share some new stats that have come out. As sad as these stats are, the fact that life has little meaning or value to some is what I find saddest of all. We as a society should be ashamed, and yet many embrace this as a good and noble thing, the President being one of them.

From LifeNews

“The new city numbers, from 2009, show 87,273 abortions in New York City two years ago — numbers that are higher than the abortion figures of every state except California. If miscarriages are taken out of the equation, 48 percent of pregnancies of women in the Bronx end in abortion, 38 percent of Manhattan women opt for an abortion, as do 32 percent of women living on Staten Island.

Of the 225,667 pregnancies in new York City in 2009, 126,774 babies were born and there were 11,620 miscarriages.

The figures showed black women had the highest number of abortions, with 40,798, while Hispanics had the second highest number, 28,364.”

Read more here

These numbers by themselves are bad enough. But it actually gets worse. Take a look at the number of repeat abortions. Whether you support birth control or not, everyone knows there are numerous methods out there to prevent pregnancy. In fact, the groups who do abortions are also the places you can get birth control from in many cases. There is just no excuse for this.

Also from LifeNews

““The data, which was provided by the New York City Department of Health at the Chiaroscuro Foundation’s request, show the abortion rate by the zip code of residence of women receiving abortions in New York City,” the organization noted. “The zip code with the highest ratio, 10018, is in the Chelsea-Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan, with a ratio of 67%, followed by rates of 60% in two Jamaica, Queens zip codes and in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, 10012, and Central Harlem-Morningside Heights neighborhoods.””

“The Chiaroscuro Foundation also asked for information from the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene about the number of repeat abortions and it found that, in 2009, 48,627 of the 87,273 abortions in New York City, or 56%, were repeat abortions and 33,401, 38%, were paid for by Medicaid.”