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Originally Posted by WFW&P
Isn't the DSS underfunded and under staffed to begin with? If so, how is this going to get enforced.
Maybe it's the democrat 180 approach: We are going to save our way to prosperity.  |
The Gov added 10 more inspectors to DHHS budget just for this. (At least that was in the last iteration of the budget I saw... who knows where it is now.)
This is not about safety and we all know it. No one is against safety.
This is the religious right* attempting to eliminate abortion. Let's face it, you can't be in office in NC unless you believe in [the right] God; and the GA attempted to establish a state religion by-passing the First Amendment and the US Supreme Court
Lemon v.Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)).
Have you ever seen any statistics backing up the need to improve women's health? No. Let's look as some stats ... yes I need to find more recent ones but:
While no death is unimportant:
1. There were 37 reported deaths in 30 years (1963-1992) in NC related to septic abortions. (I will look for non-abortion related medical procedure induced deaths - but I suspect IF I can find them, they will be much higher.)
2. Childbirth results in more maternal deaths than abortion. (8.8 deaths per 100,000 per live birth vs. .6 deaths per 100,000 per abortion.) Perhaps legislating births is next on the agenda - in the name of women's health.
I guess I need a "cookie", and maybe a pat on the head, or a-- depending on who I am talking to.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2136244?uid=3739776&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&ui d=3739256&sid=21102518273517
MaternalMortality Related to Induced Abortion in North Carolina: A historical Study
…Between 1963 and 1992, therewere 555 reported maternal deaths among North Carolina residents. 37 of thesedeaths were coded as resulting from septic abortions. …21% of the women who died were aged 19 oryounger. …18% were aged 35 orolder. …48% were married at the time of death.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/sfaa/north_carolina.html
• In 2008, 33,140 women obtained abortions in North Carolina,producing a rate of 17.5 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some ofthese women were from other states, and some North Carolina residents hadabortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate ofstate residents. The rate decreased 7% since 2005, when it was 18.8 abortionsper 1,000 women 15-44. Abortions in North Carolina represent 2.7% of allabortions in the United States.
In 2008, 86% of North Carolina counties had no abortionprovider. 50% of North Carolina women lived in these counties.
http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2012/02000/The_Comparative_Safety_of_Legal_Induced_Abortion.3 .aspx
The ComparativeSafety of Legal Induced Abortion and Childbirth in the United States
Raymond, Elizabeth G. MD, MPH; Grimes, David A. MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology: February 2012 - Volume 119 - Issue 2, Part 1 - p215–219
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety of abortion compared with childbirth.
CONCLUSIONS: Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth. The risk ofdeath associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than thatwith abortion. Similarly, the overall morbidity associated with childbirthexceeds that with abortion
*http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/04/03/north-carolina-lawmakers-introduce-law-to-establish-an-official-state-religion/
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