re: #779 Charles

Saying that “most abortions are performed as a method of birth control” doesn’t clarify anything. It says nothing about the reasons those women chose abortion; all it says is that they had no medical reason, and it wasn’t because of rape or incest. You can’t extrapolate from that to infer that the majority of women have abortions carelessly, on the spur of the moment, because they just feel like it.

And where did I say that?

I asserted that most abortions are done as a method of birth control. You asked for proof or references to back up that assertion. Very weel, I have provided it, from a pro-choice website, not less

The overwhelming majority of all abortions, (95%), are done as a means of birth control.

I also provided references that some late term abortions are done for reasons other than the health of the baby or becuse of severe genetic abnormailities.

You & avanti had either asserted or implied otherwise., that most abortions were for non-birth control reasons. Clearly, respectfully, you were mistaken. You tried to dismiss my sources as invalid, even though the originating source of the data was from an organization which performs abortions, the CDC.

It says nothing about the reasons those women chose abortion;

The references I provided included a breakdown of reasons why the birth-control function of abortion was chosen:

* Wants to postpone childbearing: 25.5%
* Wants no (more) children: 7.9%
* Cannot afford a baby: 21.3%
* Having a child will disrupt education or job: 10.8%
* Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy: 14.1%
* Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy: 12.2%