9 Comments on “(Prolifer)ations 9-2-11”

1. 
   Some Guy
   

   September 2nd, 2011 at 8:49 pm
   

   Oh, Amanda. I would love to debate her one day. This was kind of touched on, but I want to go over it here.

   1.) It’s important to note that 53.7% of women who obtain abortion don’t become pregnant despite using contraceptives. In fact, a large portion of that 53.7% weren’t using contraceptives at the time they became pregnant. Hell, that 53.7% even includes non-contraceptive use, such as the 7.3% of women obtaining an abortion using the WITHDRAWAL method, which is the third most used ‘contraceptive’ method behind the pill and the condom. But moving on, for example, 75.9% of pill users reported inconsistent use at the time they got pregnant:

   -45.1% simply forgot to take pills
   -15.9% were away from home and didn’t have pills
   -10.3% ran out of supplies
   -7.7% were sick
   -2.1% didn’t think they would have sex again
   -1.6% didn’t feel like taking pills
   -0.3% reported their partner didn’t want them to take any pill
   -0.2% thought they might have wanted to get pregnant
   -3.6% report some other, undisclosed reason
    
   For condom users 49.3% reported inconsistent use at the time they got pregnant:

   -20.4% didn’t use because they didn’t think they’d get pregnant
   -14.3% didn’t have one
   -12.8% didn’t expect to have sex
   -7.1% simply forgot about it
   -5.6% didn’t feel like using one
   -3.5% reported their partner didn’t feel like using one
   -1.0% reported that their partner was supposed to bring one
   -1.0% said their partner wanted them to get pregnant
   -0.5% were forced to have sex
   -0.5% thought they wanted to get pregnant
   -0.5% didn’t care if they got pregnant

   (http://www.guttmacher.org/tables/3429402t.html#t5)

   Keep in mind, these are women who reported using a contraception method. How much of that– outside of rape/being forced to have sex– sounds like a woman trying to prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place? The overwhelming majority of that is simply forgetting to bring/use contraceptive methods or simply not caring at all.

   2.) Slightly related to the first point, women are more apt to use contraception when abortion is not readily available or attainable than they are when it’s not readily available or not easy to obtain. They’re also less apt to become pregnant when abortion is unavailable than when it is. This is a documented fact and there are literally tens, maybe even hundreds, of studies documenting this. She either needs to read “Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy and the Economics of Fertility”, or she just needs to do a casual search on the internet at some studies on the fact. For example, this is taken from the abstract of a study called “The Response of Abortion Demand to Changes in Abortion Costs”:

   “The empirical results also provide support for the hypothesis that increases in abortion costs not only reduce the number of abortions, but also reduce the number of pregnancies by altering women’s sexual/contraceptive practices.”

   (http://www.springerlink.com/content/b41t86264u67245p/)

   
   
2. 
   ken the birther
   

   September 3rd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
   

   You know things are not going well when you phone your local sucide hot line and you are re-directed to call center in Yemen and they want to fit you for a vest.

   Or as we call them in Dearborn, Michigan: An al qaeda recruiting office.

   
   
3. 
   Doug
   

   September 3rd, 2011 at 5:51 pm
   

   You know things are not going well when you phone your local sucide hot line and you are re-directed to call center in Yemen and they want to fit you for a vest.

   :)  :)

   
   
4. 
   Hal
   

   September 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 pm
   

   Doug, please don’t encourage him…

   
   
5. 
   Doug
   

   September 4th, 2011 at 12:42 am
   

   Hal, that one *was* funny…  :)

   
   
6. 
   Dan
   

   September 4th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
   

   This blog post is super juicy.  It looks like they are going to start fighting back.  It’s about time somebody took on these counter-productive ignoramuses!

   http://mittromneycentral.com/2011/09/04/misguided-freedomworks-protests-romneys-tea-party-appearance/

   If FreedomWorks gets their way, President Obama is going to get re-elected…  Can’t we all just allow the candidates speak and let people decide for themselves!

   
   
7. 
   xalisae
   

   September 4th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
   

   Dan-
   That’s what the primaries are for, to weed out people like Romney. They should protest ’til their heart’s content right now, and after the primaries, if Romney is the last one standing, they’d better swallow hard and pull that lever for him, like I plan on doing.
    
   I’d never willingly vote for Romney myself (a $50 co-pay for abortion in Romneycare? He’s Pro-Life like the pope’s a deacon in the Anglican Church), but even if he lacked a pulse, he’d make a better president than Obamination.
    
   Trying to tell Tea Partiers they should shut up and fall into line is what got us into the “big tent” mess we were in last cycle. We’ll do as we please, thankyouverymuch.

   Of course Mitt thinks they’re counter-productive. They’re counter-productive to him getting elected, because THAT IS THEIR GOAL! Duuuuuuurrrrrrr. XD

   
   
8. 
   rasqual
   

   September 4th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
   

   Dan: Shaking out the weak candidates ensures Obama doesn’t get re-elected. It’s a good thing, not a bad thing.

   
   
9. 
   Doug
   

   September 5th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
   

   Xalisae:  He’s Pro-Life like the pope’s a deacon in the Anglican Church
    
   :) ;)  That was a good one.