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Katie,
I originally heard about the statistic about religion and abortion here on a Pro-life Podcast (worth listening to):
Their site references another for the statistic: http://guttmacher.org/in-the-know/index.html
This site says that 78% of women getting an abortion identify themselves as religious. I'm not sure about the rate issue, since we would have to know how many people in the general population identify themselves as religious. But the fact is that religious women are definitely getting a large majority of the abortions. Here's an excerpt:
" Do women with religious affiliations have abortions?
- Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining an abortion report a religious affiliation (43% are Protestant, 27% Catholic and 8% another religion). Among all women aged 15–44, 51% are Protestant, 28% are Catholic and 5% belong to other religions. "
This site has similar statistics: http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
From: katie_depietro <katie.depietro@...>
To: answers_cprt@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:46:15 AM
Subject: [answers_cprt] Re: Why it's so important to be non-judgmental
--- In answers_cprt@ yahoogroups. com, Jacqueline Mitchell
<jackiemitchell2000 @...> wrote:
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> You have a good point. I have thought about this before. Girls
who choose to continue their pregnancies have a stigma upon them,
when so many of their counterparts are killing their children with no
one knowing about it. Whereas teen pregnancy can certainly be
unfortunate, I admire those girls much more than the ones who abort.
I suppose the statistics that show that religious teens have
abortions at higher rates than non-religious teens are a result of
the religious teens continuing to want to be able to "appear" pure.
We all should make an effort to treat pregnant teens and young
mothers with respect.
>
>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:06:28 AM
> Subject: [answers_cprt] Why it's so important to be non-judgmental
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> The asker of this question is wise beyond her years.
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> She notes that, because she is young and pregnant, she is sometimes
> looked down upon worse than a drug addict. I don't doubt her for a
> second. For a supposed "pro-choice" nation, the lack of support
for
> people who choose to be parents is deplorable.
>
> We're doing a great service. Please keep contributing your one hour
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I have a question for Jackie Mitchell. You said abortion rates are
higher for "religious" teens than non-religious teens, which does
make sense. But do you have a source for that? I've gotten into
this discussion with so many people before (I'm usually the only non-
religious lifer in discussion circles, lol), and I'd like to show
them a source for that if you have them, or the numbers or
something. Thanks :)
- Katie
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