Doug Miller wrote:

In article , "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Oh, but the number of abortions DID increase. At least double.


I wonder if there was anything preventing abortions from being
accurately reported and counted when it was illegal? LOL!

The figures I cited were from the Centers for Disease Control.

While not precise (for the implied reasons you mentioned), they are
probably pretty accurate. The number of deaths attributed to botched
abortions are not only accurate but also precise.



It doesn't matter where the numbers came from, you twit. The procedure was
illegal at one time. So, the reported numbers are almost guaranteed to be
inaccurate and cannot be used to compare against the numbers after the
procedure became legal.


Birth rate is a pretty good proxy, though -- and the U.S. birth rate was
*much* lower after the Roe vs. Wade decision than before it.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005067.html

I think the causality link implied by this analysis needs scrutiny.

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