Re: Poplulation control was Re: OT: Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back

"Alistair" <alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "William M. Klein" <wmkl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
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>> > I must have missed the note that moved from "global warming" to
"population control" so I don't know how "abortion" got into 
>> > the
>> > thread.
>>
>> As for why the original comments were made about population growth in
>> the first place, you will need to ask the OP.
>>
>> But abortion came up very simply. A comment was made that people in
>> certain western countries including the U.S. were not reproducing
enough
>> to make strong population increase a problem, and I listed over 50
million
>> abortions in the U.S. within 40 years as a factor.
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> 50 million abortions does not equal 50 million cases of reproduction
> denied. Many foetuses would spontaneously abort whether or not man
> gets in the way.

The difference is negligible. You don't abort zygotes, you abort fetuses.
Once the fetus reaches the point where most are aborted, the number of
spontaneous miscarriages goes way down.

> Where do you get your 50 million figure from? It had better not be one
> million a year for 50 years as that would be all too easy to refute.

Just Google'ed >"how many" abortions in the us< and the first page that
popped up was:

http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_17.asp

Just a quick calculation shows roughly 1.5 million per year for roughly
35 years since Roe vs Wade = approximately 52 million.
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