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Don't forget abortion and euthanasia. I'm breathing better already.

rdl 14y ago
I was amazed to learn that the abortion rate per 1000 pregnancies in the US (in 2008 or 2010) was 138 (for white women) and 501 (for black women) (and somewhere in between for hispanic, native american, etc.) I intuitively thought it was like 10-20/1000. So I think abortion is doing pretty well for itself. Euthanasia really needs to step up its game, though.
- sirmixalot 14y ago
  No worries. The ACA will drain cash from medicare fast enough to make it a socialist sacrament by 2025 here in the USA. But we're getting our butt kicked by startups in the Netherlands and China.
  - rdl 14y ago
    Another two planks of CoE's platform seem to be doing well, too. Fortunately sodomy is now pretty popular and increasingly legally accepted, and unfortunately suicide is very high, particularly among young people (so it affects the largest number of quality adjusted life years, as well as preventing future reproduction). Cannibalism seems to be a non-starter, though. Other than bath salts induced crazy people.
- jellicle 14y ago
  Your rates are too high by one order of magnitude. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6108a1.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6108a1.htm
  - rdl 14y ago
    Sadly I don't think so. You are looking at abortions per 1000 women; I am talking about abortions per 1000 pregnancies.
- Spooky23 14y ago
  That is tied to poverty, ignorance, likelihood of victimization, and cost. Birth control has not been readily available, but abortions are paid for by Medicaid and other programs. When you don't have any money, $150 for a doctor visit and $30/mo for birth control is a lot of money.
  - rdl 14y ago
    Yeah. I am really proud of Warren Buffett's charitable work in this space (he basically funds Planned Parenthood)
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- hcarvalhoalves 14y ago
  501/1000 pregnancies completed (amongst black women) is absurd. I had no idea US had so many abortions.

rdl 14y ago

I was amazed to learn that the abortion rate per 1000 pregnancies in the US (in 2008 or 2010) was 138 (for white women) and 501 (for black women) (and somewhere in between for hispanic, native american, etc.) I intuitively thought it was like 10-20/1000. So I think abortion is doing pretty well for itself. Euthanasia really needs to step up its game, though.

sirmixalot 14y ago
No worries. The ACA will drain cash from medicare fast enough to make it a socialist sacrament by 2025 here in the USA. But we're getting our butt kicked by startups in the Netherlands and China.
- rdl 14y ago
  Another two planks of CoE's platform seem to be doing well, too. Fortunately sodomy is now pretty popular and increasingly legally accepted, and unfortunately suicide is very high, particularly among young people (so it affects the largest number of quality adjusted life years, as well as preventing future reproduction). Cannibalism seems to be a non-starter, though. Other than bath salts induced crazy people.
jellicle 14y ago
Your rates are too high by one order of magnitude. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6108a1.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6108a1.htm
- rdl 14y ago
  Sadly I don't think so. You are looking at abortions per 1000 women; I am talking about abortions per 1000 pregnancies.
Spooky23 14y ago
That is tied to poverty, ignorance, likelihood of victimization, and cost. Birth control has not been readily available, but abortions are paid for by Medicaid and other programs. When you don't have any money, $150 for a doctor visit and $30/mo for birth control is a lot of money.
- rdl 14y ago
  Yeah. I am really proud of Warren Buffett's charitable work in this space (he basically funds Planned Parenthood)
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hcarvalhoalves 14y ago
501/1000 pregnancies completed (amongst black women) is absurd. I had no idea US had so many abortions.