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Old 01-17-2008, 06:59 PM
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Default Re: Report: Abortions at lowest number since 1974

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Originally Posted by cnredd View Post
They MAY...

What someone needs to do (not me) is find the LAWS in each state...like "parental consent", age limits, and other rules...and find out WHEN they were implemented...

If a state starts up one of these laws, then the number of abortions in that state will obviously go down BECAUSE the ones who want abortion are subverting the law by going outside the law...

How many clinics are performing abortion that are not reported?...How many young women went someplace other than a clinic to have an abortion because of the law?...

Not every abortion performed is done in a fully accredited clinic which reports 100% of their actions...
Hmmm...Hmmmm....

Thing is, you're coming from that with the assumption that that wasn't already happening...What you're suggesting is purely hypothetical input to what is known of actual documented abortions.

Since there's no way of knowing of what the count for 'illegal' or 'undocumented' abortions prior, there's no way of determining what they are now, in regards to the stats posted.

Which basically makes that argument a moot point as we're not talking about unknown numbers, but known numbers. Although some might have resorted to illegal methods, many more of those would have went to states that allowed legal means, or had 'consent' laws that fit their situations...

So let's just stick to what the OT was adressing...The known cases?
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