Quoting from a Pro-Life WI email today:
Contraceptives don't reduce unplanned pregnancies
A new report from the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI, the research arm of Planned Parenthood which openly supports abortion and widespread access to birth control) includes support for the claim that readily accessible contraceptives do not reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies.
The report claims that 48 percent of pregnancies in the U.S. are "unplanned." Of those pregnancies, 47 percent end in abortion, 40 percent are carried to full term, and 13 percent end in miscarriage. Advocates of abortion often argue that to decrease abortions, unintended pregnancies must be reduced through increased access to contraceptives. But AGI’s own research indicates that 53 percent of women who have “unintended” pregnancies used a contraceptive method during the month they got pregnant.
The data also indicate that marriage plays a unique role as a protector of the unborn. And cohabitation is not an adequate substitute for marriage. (emphasis mine)
The report also reveals that women choose abortion overwhelmingly for reasons other than health, or for extreme reasons. According to AGI, only four percent of abortions are obtained as a result of rape, incest, or for the “health” of the mother.(emphasis mine)
2 comments:
The last I heard, there were very few instances of rape actually producing a child, as the woman's hormones take over to prevent a child from such a stressful event such as a rape.
Personally, even if I had cancer or an ectopic pregnancy, I'm not sure that I could get an abortion, even if it is to "save my life".
Well, how rare or common rape pregnancy is doesn't change what the proper response is, which is to love the mother through the crisis. Who does it serve to whisk her off to the abortion mill and add another trauma to somebody who's already been through hell?
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