The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research organization, reports statistics regarding abortion in the United States, including the reasons women give for their abortions. About 90% of over 1.3 million abortions each year are ascribed solely to convenience -- that is, it would be financially and/or emotionally inconvenent to have a baby. The health, either of the woman or child, is only at issue in at most 6% of the cases.
According to the Institute, rape and/or incest is the reason for abortion in 10,000--15,000 cases each year. This number is clearly questionable. Even allowing for gross underreporting of rape and incest cases, this would mean that 1 out of every 6 rapes would result in pregnancy, which violates medical probability. At most 200-500 pregnancies each year could be the result of rape. The Institute's statistics are based on abortion-seekers self-report. If these numbers aren't just manufactured, then women may be hiding their real reasons for seeking an abortion. However, even if these statisitcs are accurate, rape and incest are clearly not the reason abortion is legal in this country. To cite rape and incest in debates on abortion is disingenuous.
1.2 million unborn are killed each year for convenience . . . according to the abortion advocates' own statistics. An Overview of Abortion in the United States
Now, what does this have to do with my posts on judicial nominees? I do strongly believe that results-oriented judicial philosophy is wrong. I do not want "judicial activists" of any stripe. But, that is not true of the Democrats. Ultimately, blocking Bush's judicial nominees comes down to this one thing: preservation of abortion for convenience.
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