New PP Report Record Abortions Done 2009

Nmysys wrote: New Planned Parenthood Report: Record Abortions Done in 2009

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/23/11 6:14 PM



A new report the Planned Parenthood national abortion business recently released shows the embattled agency did more abortions in 2009 than it has done in any prior year. The report also shows it providing fewer pregnant women with non-abortion services.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America recently posted on its website what it calls its service numbers for 2009. This document, dated February 2011, shows Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide did 332,278 surgical abortions or abortions using the dangerous RU 486 abortion during in 2009.

That’s 2.5 percent more abortions than the September 2010 report the abortion business released covering 2008 and showing it doing 324,008 abortions, which was a 6.1 percent increase over the 305,310 abortions it did in 2007. The 2007 figure was itself a 5.3 percent increase over the 289,750 abortions Planned Parenthood did in 2006.

With approximately 1.2 million abortions done annually in the United States via surgical abortions or the mifepristone abortion drug, Planned Parenthood has increased its share of the abortion industry to 27.6 percent of all abortions done annually.

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http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/23/new-planned-parenthood-report-record-abortions-done-in-2009/

I posted this information 3 weeks ago, and explained the numbers they are using. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href=" 285bound.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9217 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9217<!-- l -->
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Interestingly, in my search for how these numbers were obtained, I found this: http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/23/new- ... e-in-2009/
New Planned Parenthood Report: Record Abortions Done in 2009
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/23/11

With approximately 1.2 million abortions done annually in the United States via surgical abortions or the mifepristone abortion drug, Planned Parenthood has increased its share of the abortion industry to 27.6 percent of all abortions done annually.

They also list the increase in abortions provided by PP every year since 2006, but without qualifying it with the information that as population increases, so too will the total number of abortions; but the overall percentages are not increasing. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html

However, the new numbers make it more clear that women who are pregnant who come to Planned Parenthood receive only abortion services rather than help and support. As a result, 97.6 percent of pregnant women going to Planned Parenthood are sold abortions while less than 2.4 percent of pregnant women received non-abortion services including adoption and prenatal care. That’s up from 96.5 percent of pregnant women going to Planned Parenthood getting abortions in 2008.

Again, they are blaming PP for what is likely the womens' choice before they even enter the door of the clinic - you can't "sell" a woman intent on receiving an abortion to carry it and give it up for adoption instead. That's why I've advocated in previous threads to improve the support available for women who become pregnant unintentionally so that they are more likely to decide to carry to term instead. If they don't feel that it will negatively impact their life (cuz face it, if over 90% of abortions are for "convenience" and back-up birth control, then they don't want to face the stigma, financial, or social fall-out of being pregnant), then that might impact the abortion rate a bit.

But PP isn't even performing a third of all abortions in the US annually...then who is? Private clinics and personal doctors, as nearly 2/3 of insurance companies cover abortions, either partially or fully, and with few restrictions by case. So gutting PP's funding won't even stop over 70% of abortions performed in this country each year, and by restricting access to birth control, even more unintended pregnancies will occur with many of them ending in abortions, thus increasing the abortion rate at all the other providers. Completely illogical and short-sighted thinking. If you want to reduce the number of abortions, then you need to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies - and that means increase birth control use, which is PP's most provided service.This will make the biggest impact on reducing the abortion rate!
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I see conservative talking points say over and over that it's about a lack of personal responsibility - what about newly married couples who aren't financially ready to have a baby yet and want birth control but can't afford it except from PP? Are they being irresponsible? What about teenagers who are not properly educated? There are many types of people who use PP, and for many reasons, yet all I'm seeing are judgmental statements - that does not reduce the abortion rate. The people who get abortions usually, not always, don't care about the moral implications so if you're going to make an impact with that audience, and get them to change their behavior, then a new take-home message needs to be done. Just telling them it's wrong ain't gettin' it done.

This also needs to be addressed, because you can't reduce teen pregnancy and abortion, until you properly educate them:
http://www.grist.org/sex/2011-04-09-let ... es-houston
‘Let’s talk about sex’—and what American teenagers don’t know about it [/b] by Lisa Hymas 9 Apr 2011 [quote]"Every day in America, 10,000 teenagers catch an STD, 2,400 young girls become pregnant, and 55 young people are infected with HIV." Those sobering stats are from a documentary airing on TLC tonight, April 9, at 10 p.m. / 9 central. Let's Talk About Sex is directed by James Houston, a fashion photographer who came to the U.S. from Australia and Europe and was aghast at our screwed-up sexual culture. Sex is everywhere, used to sell everything, but we don't talk about it openly and honestly with our teenagers. "Young people in America don't know the risks associated with sex, and because of that, American teen pregnancy and STD rates are among the highest in the industrialized world," says Houston. The documentary was produced in collaboration with Advocates for Youth, a nonprofit focused on adolescent sexuality. The group is launching a new sex-ed campaign to coincide with the documentary's debut on TLC.[/quote][VIDEO] [/b]
by Lisa Hymas
9 Apr 2011

"Every day in America, 10,000 teenagers catch an STD, 2,400 young girls become pregnant, and 55 young people are infected with HIV."

Those sobering stats are from a documentary airing on TLC tonight, April 9, at 10 p.m. / 9 central. Let's Talk About Sex is directed by James Houston, a fashion photographer who came to the U.S. from Australia and Europe and was aghast at our screwed-up sexual culture. Sex is everywhere, used to sell everything, but we don't talk about it openly and honestly with our teenagers. "Young people in America don't know the risks associated with sex, and because of that, American teen pregnancy and STD rates are among the highest in the industrialized world," says Houston.

The documentary was produced in collaboration with Advocates for Youth, a nonprofit focused on adolescent sexuality. The group is launching a new sex-ed campaign to coincide with the documentary's debut on TLC.

neptune - the difference there is that eagles came close to becoming extinct. Loss of biodiversity impacts all kinds of organisms throughout the food chain, including us. Not only are humans NOT going extinct, but we are seriously overpopulated. And that statement is going to get people assuming that I condone killing just to cull the population, or am a eugenicist, neither of which are true. I've stated over and over that I am against abortions for birth control reasons, but it is, and shall continue to be, not only legal, but an option that women will choose (whether legal or not) unless we change our attitudes toward, and support of, pregnant women.