On Jan 22, 2:25*am, Benny Fishhole wrote:
They flail their wrists and shriek, "Give us our Obam-abortions!"

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...tions-rise-as-...

Unsafe abortions rise as contraceptive funding is cut

Global abortion rates have stopped falling, ending a period of rapid
decline that began in 1995. However, the proportion of abortions that
are dangerous continues to rise. Paradoxically, morally conservative
US restrictions on foreign aid may have promoted the abortions they
sought to restrict.

In 1995, 35 women of childbearing age out of every 1000 had an
abortion; by 2003, the rate had dropped to 29 abortions per 1000
women. Now, Gilda Sedgh of the Guttmacher Institute in New York City
and colleagues have compiled data on abortions around the world in
2008 and found that the rate then was 28 per 1000 women, little
changed since 2003. However, because world population has grown, there
were actually 2.2 million more abortions performed in 2008 than in
2003.

The proportion of those abortions that are dangerous is rising,
though. Nearly all abortions performed in Africa in 2008 were deemed
unsafe.

The increase in rates of dangerous abortions and the failure of total
abortion rates to continue falling has previously been blamed on
shortages of contraception – a link the new study makes too.

"Globally, abortion rates have plateaued, and we found that this
plateau coincided with the level of contraceptive use," says Sedgh.

"We need to promote family planning and increase contraceptive
availability," says Iqbal Shah of the World Health Organization, a
co-author on the paper.

Meanwhile in reality....

Which one of you conservatives (Roger, Tom, Benny the village idiot)
will step up and pay the bills for this baby?

Remember with each baby are bills that you are responsible for when
you say no abortions..

TMT

One of world's smallest premature babies released from hospital
By R.T. Watson | Reuters - Fri, Jan 20, 2012


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An infant ranked as one of world's smallest
ever born was released to her joyful parents on Friday after nearly
five months in a hospital, as doctors expressed hope for the baby who
began life weighing the equivalent of two cell phones.

Melinda Star Guido weighed just 9.5 ounces at birth on August 30 in
Los Angeles, 16 weeks premature, which based on a University of Iowa
registry made her the third-lightest baby ever born in any country.
She measured 8 and three-quarter inches long.

Mother Haydee Ibarra, from the Los Angeles suburb of Granada Hills,
cradled her daughter as the family appeared before reporters outside
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. The child wore a white bonnet
and a jumper with dots, and had an oxygen tube under her nose.

The parents were joined by Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan, chief of the
neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital, and members of the
physician's team.

"In my 30 years here this is the first time this ever happened that we
were able to discharge a baby that weighed less than 400 grams, or 300
grams," Ramanathan told reporters. "Don't expect miracles every day."

The doctor estimated that the cost of medical care for the infant has
run between $500,000 and $700,000. He did not say how those costs
would be paid.

The doctor added that the baby now weighs 4 pounds, 11 ounces and "is
doing what it's supposed to do" by eating, looking around and
sleeping.

Results of a brain scan on Melinda two weeks ago looked normal, and
Ramanathan said his team was "cautiously optimistic about how the baby
is going to do" over time.

The main concern is the baby's neurological development and whether
she will have any trouble walking and talking, he said.

Ibarra and Melinda's father, Yovani Guido, said they were thrilled at
being able to take their child home.

"I'm just happy she's doing well, and she's doing better than she was
before. I'm happy I finally get to take her home after four and a half
months being here," Ibarra said.

"I've been coming every night to feed her, put her to sleep and bond
with her," she said.

The smallest surviving baby ever born is listed as Rumaisa Rahman, who
in 2004 was born in Illinois weighing only 9.2 ounces, according to
the University of Iowa Children's Hospital Tiniest Babies Registry.

Rumaisa is attending school and doing well, Dr. Edward Bell, who
started and maintains the registry, said in an email. The second-
smallest baby was born in Japan, he said.

He said that the most likely outcome for Melinda is she "will have no
major problems with health or development, but she will probably
remain smaller than average."

An iPhone 4S weighs 4.9 ounces, according to the Apple Inc website, so
two of the devices together are heavier than Melinda was when she was
born.

(Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis)