The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ban federal funding of abortions. While Republicans are cheering their leadership in passing the bill that is supported by current public opinion, the Democrats and the White House are portraying this as evidence of an extreme social agenda, limiting women's rights to reproductive health.
Lost in the midst of the arguments between choosing life and choosing abortion is the often-forgotten third choice of adoption.
Adoption provides a woman with the right to choose not to parent a child she is not ready to. It provides an opportunity for infertile couples who may not otherwise ever have the ability to become parents of a baby. And most importantly, it provides a clear possibility of a life filled with choices for the child, apart from the moral debate on abortion.
"It is disheartening that adoption is lost in the whole pro-choice and pro-life debate. Especially when it is a choice that can provide everyone involved with a positive outcome," says Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. "I still speak to teens today who have never heard about the choices they have with open adoption. It's amazing that they are aware of all types of birth control, morning after pills, and sexually transmitted diseases but have no clue about the realities of adoption."
The open adoption choices Caldwell refers to are the opportunities that women have to customize their own adoption plan. "Nowadays they can choose the family for their child and even meet and speak with them. They can choose how things go at the hospital. And they can choose to have ongoing contact through email, letters, visits, SKYPE, texting... the possibilities are endless! The result is an adoption triad made up of the birth family, the adoptive family, and the child who are all connected for one purpose - the best interest of the child."
Caldwell expects that President Obama will step forward to veto the ban if it passes the Senate, even though he has voted for similar bans when he was a senator. She remains hopeful, however, that somehow open adoption will enter the debate.
"You only have to look at the abortion statistics and the number of families waiting to adopt in this country to see that if only a fraction of those women made different choices, it would make a difference to so many," Caldwell says. "We've come so far in so many areas of women's health, it saddens me as both an adoption professional and adoptive mother that we aren't sharing the truth and possibilities about open adoption as a pregnancy option."
While critics point to the number of children languishing in the foster care system, Caldwell sees that as yet another strong argument for her case.
"Had these parents had the option of adoption explained to them, many may have chosen it prior to the involvement of Child Protective Services. Adoption centers receive many calls each month from women who have had children removed and are interested in making a permanent adoption plan for their children. However once the government is involved, mothers often have little say or ability to make these decisions," she reports.
"I just want women to know and understand what adoption is and what it isn't. It isn't right for everyone," she admits, "but just having the knowledge is a powerful step in ensuring the debate surrounding this issue takes adoption into account as a viable option for an unplanned pregnancy."
Monday, October 31, 2011
A Need to Review Abortion Laws In Belgium
INTRODUCTION
The aim of writing this article is to encourage the long standing pro-life battle against abortion and protecting the rights of unborn babies to experience life on earth as nature permit it to be. Thousands of unborn babies are being aborted in Belgium by wicked mothers just by convincing the physician with any of those reason covered by the laws of which a woman can abort without facing any criminal charges. These laws have now given women the power and the licence to kill. Belgium is a small country of about ten million inhabitants, yet they make liberal laws that legalize the evil act of abortion to any woman whosoever desire to terminate her pregnancy. This is not family planning or birth control. In this article, I will like to define the term abortion in my words and understanding as a non-medical official.
ABORTION: Abortion is a cruel, immoral and unacceptable act of procedure by killing an unborn baby in the womb of a woman with the aid of conscienceless medical professionals and other individuals including the woman herself, preventing the unborn baby from coming into the world on time, alive and by birth.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ABORTION LAWS IN BELGIUM
Abortion laws in Belgium were significantly liberalized on the 3rd of April 1990, when the Belgian parliament approved a law amending the 1861 penal code. Under the abortion provisions of that code, which where based on the Napoleonic penal code of 1810, adopted by Belgium upon independence, no stated exceptions to a general prohibition of the performance of abortions where included, although the general principle of criminal legislation allowed abortion to be performed to save life of pregnant woman and the grounds of necessity. In such case, the medical code required that three physicians agree that a state of necessity existed and that the abortion be performed in an approved institution or hospital with informed consent of the pregnant woman.
Transgression of the law was severely punished. An additional law enacted in 1923 added language to the penal code prohibiting the provision of information concerning abortion. Attempts to liberalize the abortion law in Belgium began in 1971. From that time until the law of April 1990 was enacted, dozens of legislative proposals permitting abortion to be performed under various circumstances were introduced, always to be rejected or allowed to expire. Although the law remains unchanged prosecution was rare and those prosecuted were given short or suspended sentences or in some cases acquitted.
The 1990 law permit abortion to be performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy when a woman who is “in a state of distress as a result of her situation” requests a physician to terminate her pregnancy. The woman is the sole judge of whether she is distressed or not. Aside from informing the woman as to the risk of undergoing the procedure and various possibilities for caring of the child if born, the physician only needs to be convinced by the pregnant woman’s determination to terminate her pregnancy.
After 12 weeks pregnancy, an abortion may be performed if only two physicians agree that the continuance of the pregnancy would gravely endanger the woman’s health or when it is certain that the child, if born, would be affected by a particular serious pathological condition, recognized as incurable at the time of diagnosis. All abortions must be performed by a physician under good medical conditions, in a health-care establishment that has an information department that provides the woman seeking abortion with detailed information regarding the rights and benefits guaranteed by the law to families, unmarried and married mothers and their children, as well as the possibilities offered by adoption of the child if born.
Abortion may be performed 6 days following the woman’s counselling, at the earliest. She must certify in writing, on the date of the intervention, that she is determined to terminate her pregnancy. Anyone performing illegal abortion is subjected to imprisonment for 3 months to 1 year and pay a fine of 200 to 500 Belgian Francs which is about 12€ maximum in Belgium today, under section 350 of the penal code. A woman voluntarily obtaining an illegal abortion is subjected for 1 to 12 months imprisonment and pay the fine of 50 to 200 Belgian Francs which is about 4.50 € maximum (section 351). If the illegal abortion results to a woman’s death, the person performing the abortion is subjected to solitary confinement if the woman consented and 10 to 15 years with forced labour if the woman did not. (U.N., 2002)
GROUNDS ON WHICH ABORTION IS PERMITED IN BELGIUM
1) To save the life of the pregnant woman
2) To preserve physical health
3) To preserve mental health
4) When pregnancy occurs during rape or incest
5) Foetal impairment
6) Economic or social reason
7) Available on request (U.N., 2002)
The Belgian law on abortion is too liberal, and the punishment for performing illegal abortion is not worth the crime except if the woman dies during the process. I think that there are psychologists who can determine if a pregnant woman is distressed or not. Committing a sinful act by aborting an unborn baby with reasons such as: (a)economic or social reasons (b) available on the woman’s request and (c) distress, is to my view bullshit.
In the year 2001, there were 14,775 so called legal abortions, which sum to 11.3% nation wide (Johnston, 2004). Can you imagine thousands of unborn babies being destroyed just by requests from the women and with the help of professional medical doctors? Is this not pure wickedness towards mankind? Of course it is!
According to the United Nations Population Division, department of economics and social affairs report in the year 2002, Belgium government does not even have an official document in their view of the fertility level and no interventions concerning fertility. The total fertility rate in Belgium from 1995 to 2000 was only 1.6% and the government policy on contraceptive use provided is only being supported indirectly. Yet law makers will congratulate themselves at the parliament for jobs well done.
The 1993 Polish law on family planning enforced from March 16, 1993 on human embryo protection and condition of legal abortion which some people criticised Poland, saying it is an anti abortion law. I find this law a very good law that only permits abortion due to the following cases:
1) When pregnancy constitutes a threat to life or a serious threat to the health of the mother, which is confirmed by two doctors other than the doctor involved in the abortion.
2) When there is justified suspicion, confirmed by a prosecutor that the pregnancy is as a result of an illegal act.
3) When prenatal examination, confirmed by two doctors other than the doctor involved in the abortion indicate grave irreversible damage of the embryo.
4) A doctor who performs an illegal abortion is subjected to 2 years of imprisonment, and any abortion should be performed in a public hospital.
Comparing the Polish law to the Belgian law on abortion, the Polish law is far better because it fights for the rights of unborn babies who are being slain every day as well as the rights to save the woman’s life from threatening and unhealthy situations before delivery, while the Belgian law on abortion is merely giving a woman the power to destroy the foetus according to her determination and judgment. I hope Belgian law makers will try to review this liberal law especially the law that gives a woman the right to decide or judge whether she is distressed or not. Specialized medical doctors and psychologists should conduct proper tests and interviews to determine the distress of a pregnant woman and not the woman herself.
Killing unborn babies because of economic or social reason and distress may be applied notwithstanding after deep consideration only to women in developing countries where there are no social benefits, poor leaving conditions, and not in developed countries. Belgium has a lot of social facilities including counselling services, motherless children homes and other financial and social benefits which comes from the CPAS (Centre Public d’Action Sociale) to help bring up children comfortably if delivered by mothers with social and economic problems. I believe more social services should be created and financed by the government to avoid the destruction of unborn babies in the future, so that there will be no grounds for abortion due to social and economic problems.
In my country Cameroon, I’ve witnessed a healthy baby delivered by a completely mad woman, and this child grew up helping her mad mother everyday for her clothing and feeding. If this could happen in a developing country without abortion, why not in Belgium? Let’s narrow it down to mental health in the psychological sense as defined by the UN World Health Organisation as one of the reasons for abortion, and ask “are there mental reasons for abortion?” No!
THE EFFECTS OF ABORTION
I will consider the effects of abortion in two ways (1) Psychological side effects and (2) Health effect of abortion.
Psychological side effect
When a woman seeks abortion because of mental health problems, she is more likely to experience post-abortion emotional and psychological problems than a more stable woman. All these support the original official statement of the World Health Organisation in 1970 stating that serious mental disorders arise more often in women with previous mental problems. Thus the very women for whom legal abortion is considered justified on psychiatric grounds are the ones who have the highest risk of post-abortion psychiatric disorders. Then is “mental illness” as a reason for abortion is just an excuse? Precisely. (Willke, 1998).
In a study that was conducted by Dr. Anne Speckhard at the University of Minnesota, she found out that after 5 to 10 years, 54 % of mothers choosing abortion had nightmares, 81% had pre-occupation with their aborted child, 35% had perceived visitations with their child and 96% felt they had taken a human life.
It is becoming common for people to sue public and private bodies for the psychological effects of their experiences. Cases where litigant (often successful) make claims on grounds that post-traumatic stress, or simply “stress”, means that compensation based on harm to our minds has taken place alongside compensation based on physical harm (Lee, 2002). The question is why do these mothers often get worried after committing abortion? They are not just worried about suing an institution and claiming compensation for the after effects, but they are worried because they have taken away human life and they can’t easily walk away from the divine justice of God. So, it is just they suffer.
Health effect
(a) One of the many abortion related health problems is that of sterility. The chances of not being able to bear feature children increase after abortion. In a study performed with 252 women, the investigators concluded that the occurrence of either induced or spontaneous abortions independently and significantly increase the risk of subsequent development of secondary infertility (Tzonou et al., 1993).
(b) Abortion results to cervical damage, which results in permanent weakening of the cervix, which, in turn is unable to carry the weight of a later pregnancy. The cervix opens prematurely (Ren, 1993).
(c) The fallopian tube is a fragile organ, if infection injures it, it often seals shut. A typical infection involving this organ is the pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).This disease is difficult to manage and often leads to infertility, even with prompt treatment. Approximately 10% of women will develop tubal adhesion leading to infertility after one of PID, 30% after two episodes, and more than 60% after three episodes. (M. Spence in Sexually Transmitted Disease Bulletin, John Hopkins University).
(d) 5 to 10 % of women who abort will get sterile (Hilgers, 1976).
Health researchers are noting a dramatic rise in sterility, tubal pregnancies and placenta previa. Venderbilt University medical centre noted an increase in placenta previa, a condition in pregnancy where the placenta covers the opening of the womb. This can lead to great blood loss to the mother during labour. It can cause death to the mother and the baby. Doctors on staff looked into the increase of this condition and found its cause to be the increase of legal abortions. The study concluded that aborted women were 7 to 15 times more likely to get placenta previa in later pregnancies (Barett, 1981). Abortion also affects males because boys can be easily aborted than girls. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of males are aborted every year, these are boys with whom adult males can associate. Men where once there and they will protect their past to ensure their feature ([http://www.abortioninfo.net/facts/affect3.shtml]).
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S VIEWS ON ABORTION
The Catholic Church has always condemned abortion as a grave evil. The Great spiritual head of the Catholic Church declared that the church’s teachings on abortion are unchanged and unchangeable. Therefore by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his successors, I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitute a grave moral disorder, since it’s a deliberate killing of an innocent human being. This doctrine is based upon the natural laws and the written words of God. (Pope John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae, "The Gospel of Life").
Basil The Great stated that let her that procures abortion undergo 10 years penance, whether the embryo were perfectly formed or not (First Canonical Letter, canon 2 [A.D. 374]). According to The Apostolic Constitution, thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten… If it be slain, it shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed. “The doctors who perform abortions all knew well enough that a living being had been conceived, and they pitied this most luckless infant state, which had first to be put to death, to escape being tortured alive” (Apostolic Constitutions 7:3 [A.D. 400]).
CONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATION
In my opinion, there is no good faith that will preach abortion as the right thing for a woman to do. As a Christian I do know that abortion is a sin. But if need be to save the life of the woman and nothing more, then this should happen only after all other means to save her life has failed. It should be done with deep sorrow because the foetus is a living being. Those who say abortion is safer than life birth are all liars who deceive people. They know about the risk and the after effects of abortion, but they keep down playing it just to convince others to accept their own beliefs. If a child should be born paralyzed or seriously sick as diagnosed by medical doctors, let that child be born. That sickness may be treated or cured in years to come after birth, who knows?
A lot of children have been killed because of false diagnosis from doctors who later accept they were fatal mistakes. What about a woman who has been proclaimed sterile by doctors, only to become pregnant in due time? Doctors are not God. Nowadays it is encouraged by some people including the Belgian government that abortion should be performed when a woman has economic or social problems, distress or on the woman’s request. These reasons do not consider of the unborn baby’s right to live. Those who ignore all natural and religious laws, encouraging the abortion campaign as the right of a woman should immediately reflect again on the value of human life as they read this article.
The ethics or moral principles of a medical doctor are to save life and not to destroy life. No doubt scientists are desperate in cloning human beings rather than saving unborn babies. If governments could spend billions of dollars in protecting endangered animals such tigers and elephants in Africa and other parts of the world, what about protecting unborn babies in the womb of a woman which cost little or no dollar? The wickedness of man and the misuse of science and technology for abortion and cloning of human beings may one day turn to harm the human race. It can be predicted that the indigenous Belgian population will dramatically reduce in the next 25-30 years. Why? According to my experience, young strong and healthy Belgian couples with good careers will prefer to live with dogs rather than to deliver a child. Furthermore, in 1995-2000, Belgium suffered a low fertility rate of just 1.6%. If this continues what do you think will happen? There will be a dramatic population fall. Add graph
Since life is precious to everyone, there are reasons for unborn babies in the womb to be protected and honoured. The Belgian liberal abortion laws should be reviewed and restricted like that of Poland because these have got something to do with human life and all doctors in Belgium should respect the conscience clauses, that permit medical providers or institutions to refuse to provide certain health services based on religious or moral objections. They shield providers from liability for refusing to offer services that their patients are otherwise legally entitled to receive. Reproductive health-care provides most commonly invoke conscience clauses in refusing to provide abortion and contraceptive sterilization service.
As a matter of conscience, the former King of Belgium, a Catholic, King Badouin’s refusal to sign the bill legalizing abortion created constitutional crises. In the end the king was ousted and all members of the government signed the bill. Yet the very next day, desperate for the King’s moral leadership, the government voted him back as head of state. Such examples remind us that we ought never to capitulate. Our moral leadership often times does not go unnoticed (Meaney, 2004)
The conception to new life is God’s most precious gift to humankind. Even though there are many forces in our culture that refuse to acknowledge that life in the womb is a developing person, life begins in the womb. If that is denied, the repercussions destroy the very fabric of society. Where would our civilization be if people like Albert Einstein, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Gandi, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison just to mention a few, had been destroyed in the womb? Despite all our scientific , educational and technological advances, I think the future generations will look back on this era as one of the darkest, because of the whole sale murder of unborn children who should be welcomed as our hope for the feature, are now calculated as liabilities, risk and burdens (Arnold, 2005)
Anyone who has persevered in the pro-life mission for a long time knows that we do not fight against flesh and blood but against the principalities and powers of darkness (Euteneur, 2004). In October 1980, an American feminist Gloria Steinem wrote that Hitler himself and the Nazis doctrine he created, where unequivocally opposed to any individual right to abortion.
To end this article, I will recommend and appeal to the Belgian law makers that giving women the ability to abort unborn babies with reasons such as economic or social reasons, on the woman’s, distress and even the right to judge her distress condition according to the Belgian law, should be wiped out. It is best that only specialized medical doctors and psychologists should determine the distress of women in order to treat them medically and psychologically. Stress does not call for any abortion because it can be treated. Belgium needs more strict laws on abortion to guarantee the existence of her feature fragile nation or if not, there will be a dramatic population fall in 25-30 years to come. There is a great need for the Belgian abortion law to be reviewed.
source: http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Need-to-Review-Abortion-Laws-In-Belgium&id=39129
The aim of writing this article is to encourage the long standing pro-life battle against abortion and protecting the rights of unborn babies to experience life on earth as nature permit it to be. Thousands of unborn babies are being aborted in Belgium by wicked mothers just by convincing the physician with any of those reason covered by the laws of which a woman can abort without facing any criminal charges. These laws have now given women the power and the licence to kill. Belgium is a small country of about ten million inhabitants, yet they make liberal laws that legalize the evil act of abortion to any woman whosoever desire to terminate her pregnancy. This is not family planning or birth control. In this article, I will like to define the term abortion in my words and understanding as a non-medical official.
ABORTION: Abortion is a cruel, immoral and unacceptable act of procedure by killing an unborn baby in the womb of a woman with the aid of conscienceless medical professionals and other individuals including the woman herself, preventing the unborn baby from coming into the world on time, alive and by birth.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ABORTION LAWS IN BELGIUM
Abortion laws in Belgium were significantly liberalized on the 3rd of April 1990, when the Belgian parliament approved a law amending the 1861 penal code. Under the abortion provisions of that code, which where based on the Napoleonic penal code of 1810, adopted by Belgium upon independence, no stated exceptions to a general prohibition of the performance of abortions where included, although the general principle of criminal legislation allowed abortion to be performed to save life of pregnant woman and the grounds of necessity. In such case, the medical code required that three physicians agree that a state of necessity existed and that the abortion be performed in an approved institution or hospital with informed consent of the pregnant woman.
Transgression of the law was severely punished. An additional law enacted in 1923 added language to the penal code prohibiting the provision of information concerning abortion. Attempts to liberalize the abortion law in Belgium began in 1971. From that time until the law of April 1990 was enacted, dozens of legislative proposals permitting abortion to be performed under various circumstances were introduced, always to be rejected or allowed to expire. Although the law remains unchanged prosecution was rare and those prosecuted were given short or suspended sentences or in some cases acquitted.
The 1990 law permit abortion to be performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy when a woman who is “in a state of distress as a result of her situation” requests a physician to terminate her pregnancy. The woman is the sole judge of whether she is distressed or not. Aside from informing the woman as to the risk of undergoing the procedure and various possibilities for caring of the child if born, the physician only needs to be convinced by the pregnant woman’s determination to terminate her pregnancy.
After 12 weeks pregnancy, an abortion may be performed if only two physicians agree that the continuance of the pregnancy would gravely endanger the woman’s health or when it is certain that the child, if born, would be affected by a particular serious pathological condition, recognized as incurable at the time of diagnosis. All abortions must be performed by a physician under good medical conditions, in a health-care establishment that has an information department that provides the woman seeking abortion with detailed information regarding the rights and benefits guaranteed by the law to families, unmarried and married mothers and their children, as well as the possibilities offered by adoption of the child if born.
Abortion may be performed 6 days following the woman’s counselling, at the earliest. She must certify in writing, on the date of the intervention, that she is determined to terminate her pregnancy. Anyone performing illegal abortion is subjected to imprisonment for 3 months to 1 year and pay a fine of 200 to 500 Belgian Francs which is about 12€ maximum in Belgium today, under section 350 of the penal code. A woman voluntarily obtaining an illegal abortion is subjected for 1 to 12 months imprisonment and pay the fine of 50 to 200 Belgian Francs which is about 4.50 € maximum (section 351). If the illegal abortion results to a woman’s death, the person performing the abortion is subjected to solitary confinement if the woman consented and 10 to 15 years with forced labour if the woman did not. (U.N., 2002)
GROUNDS ON WHICH ABORTION IS PERMITED IN BELGIUM
1) To save the life of the pregnant woman
2) To preserve physical health
3) To preserve mental health
4) When pregnancy occurs during rape or incest
5) Foetal impairment
6) Economic or social reason
7) Available on request (U.N., 2002)
The Belgian law on abortion is too liberal, and the punishment for performing illegal abortion is not worth the crime except if the woman dies during the process. I think that there are psychologists who can determine if a pregnant woman is distressed or not. Committing a sinful act by aborting an unborn baby with reasons such as: (a)economic or social reasons (b) available on the woman’s request and (c) distress, is to my view bullshit.
In the year 2001, there were 14,775 so called legal abortions, which sum to 11.3% nation wide (Johnston, 2004). Can you imagine thousands of unborn babies being destroyed just by requests from the women and with the help of professional medical doctors? Is this not pure wickedness towards mankind? Of course it is!
According to the United Nations Population Division, department of economics and social affairs report in the year 2002, Belgium government does not even have an official document in their view of the fertility level and no interventions concerning fertility. The total fertility rate in Belgium from 1995 to 2000 was only 1.6% and the government policy on contraceptive use provided is only being supported indirectly. Yet law makers will congratulate themselves at the parliament for jobs well done.
The 1993 Polish law on family planning enforced from March 16, 1993 on human embryo protection and condition of legal abortion which some people criticised Poland, saying it is an anti abortion law. I find this law a very good law that only permits abortion due to the following cases:
1) When pregnancy constitutes a threat to life or a serious threat to the health of the mother, which is confirmed by two doctors other than the doctor involved in the abortion.
2) When there is justified suspicion, confirmed by a prosecutor that the pregnancy is as a result of an illegal act.
3) When prenatal examination, confirmed by two doctors other than the doctor involved in the abortion indicate grave irreversible damage of the embryo.
4) A doctor who performs an illegal abortion is subjected to 2 years of imprisonment, and any abortion should be performed in a public hospital.
Comparing the Polish law to the Belgian law on abortion, the Polish law is far better because it fights for the rights of unborn babies who are being slain every day as well as the rights to save the woman’s life from threatening and unhealthy situations before delivery, while the Belgian law on abortion is merely giving a woman the power to destroy the foetus according to her determination and judgment. I hope Belgian law makers will try to review this liberal law especially the law that gives a woman the right to decide or judge whether she is distressed or not. Specialized medical doctors and psychologists should conduct proper tests and interviews to determine the distress of a pregnant woman and not the woman herself.
Killing unborn babies because of economic or social reason and distress may be applied notwithstanding after deep consideration only to women in developing countries where there are no social benefits, poor leaving conditions, and not in developed countries. Belgium has a lot of social facilities including counselling services, motherless children homes and other financial and social benefits which comes from the CPAS (Centre Public d’Action Sociale) to help bring up children comfortably if delivered by mothers with social and economic problems. I believe more social services should be created and financed by the government to avoid the destruction of unborn babies in the future, so that there will be no grounds for abortion due to social and economic problems.
In my country Cameroon, I’ve witnessed a healthy baby delivered by a completely mad woman, and this child grew up helping her mad mother everyday for her clothing and feeding. If this could happen in a developing country without abortion, why not in Belgium? Let’s narrow it down to mental health in the psychological sense as defined by the UN World Health Organisation as one of the reasons for abortion, and ask “are there mental reasons for abortion?” No!
THE EFFECTS OF ABORTION
I will consider the effects of abortion in two ways (1) Psychological side effects and (2) Health effect of abortion.
Psychological side effect
When a woman seeks abortion because of mental health problems, she is more likely to experience post-abortion emotional and psychological problems than a more stable woman. All these support the original official statement of the World Health Organisation in 1970 stating that serious mental disorders arise more often in women with previous mental problems. Thus the very women for whom legal abortion is considered justified on psychiatric grounds are the ones who have the highest risk of post-abortion psychiatric disorders. Then is “mental illness” as a reason for abortion is just an excuse? Precisely. (Willke, 1998).
In a study that was conducted by Dr. Anne Speckhard at the University of Minnesota, she found out that after 5 to 10 years, 54 % of mothers choosing abortion had nightmares, 81% had pre-occupation with their aborted child, 35% had perceived visitations with their child and 96% felt they had taken a human life.
It is becoming common for people to sue public and private bodies for the psychological effects of their experiences. Cases where litigant (often successful) make claims on grounds that post-traumatic stress, or simply “stress”, means that compensation based on harm to our minds has taken place alongside compensation based on physical harm (Lee, 2002). The question is why do these mothers often get worried after committing abortion? They are not just worried about suing an institution and claiming compensation for the after effects, but they are worried because they have taken away human life and they can’t easily walk away from the divine justice of God. So, it is just they suffer.
Health effect
(a) One of the many abortion related health problems is that of sterility. The chances of not being able to bear feature children increase after abortion. In a study performed with 252 women, the investigators concluded that the occurrence of either induced or spontaneous abortions independently and significantly increase the risk of subsequent development of secondary infertility (Tzonou et al., 1993).
(b) Abortion results to cervical damage, which results in permanent weakening of the cervix, which, in turn is unable to carry the weight of a later pregnancy. The cervix opens prematurely (Ren, 1993).
(c) The fallopian tube is a fragile organ, if infection injures it, it often seals shut. A typical infection involving this organ is the pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).This disease is difficult to manage and often leads to infertility, even with prompt treatment. Approximately 10% of women will develop tubal adhesion leading to infertility after one of PID, 30% after two episodes, and more than 60% after three episodes. (M. Spence in Sexually Transmitted Disease Bulletin, John Hopkins University).
(d) 5 to 10 % of women who abort will get sterile (Hilgers, 1976).
Health researchers are noting a dramatic rise in sterility, tubal pregnancies and placenta previa. Venderbilt University medical centre noted an increase in placenta previa, a condition in pregnancy where the placenta covers the opening of the womb. This can lead to great blood loss to the mother during labour. It can cause death to the mother and the baby. Doctors on staff looked into the increase of this condition and found its cause to be the increase of legal abortions. The study concluded that aborted women were 7 to 15 times more likely to get placenta previa in later pregnancies (Barett, 1981). Abortion also affects males because boys can be easily aborted than girls. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of males are aborted every year, these are boys with whom adult males can associate. Men where once there and they will protect their past to ensure their feature ([http://www.abortioninfo.net/facts/affect3.shtml]).
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S VIEWS ON ABORTION
The Catholic Church has always condemned abortion as a grave evil. The Great spiritual head of the Catholic Church declared that the church’s teachings on abortion are unchanged and unchangeable. Therefore by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his successors, I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitute a grave moral disorder, since it’s a deliberate killing of an innocent human being. This doctrine is based upon the natural laws and the written words of God. (Pope John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae, "The Gospel of Life").
Basil The Great stated that let her that procures abortion undergo 10 years penance, whether the embryo were perfectly formed or not (First Canonical Letter, canon 2 [A.D. 374]). According to The Apostolic Constitution, thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten… If it be slain, it shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed. “The doctors who perform abortions all knew well enough that a living being had been conceived, and they pitied this most luckless infant state, which had first to be put to death, to escape being tortured alive” (Apostolic Constitutions 7:3 [A.D. 400]).
CONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATION
In my opinion, there is no good faith that will preach abortion as the right thing for a woman to do. As a Christian I do know that abortion is a sin. But if need be to save the life of the woman and nothing more, then this should happen only after all other means to save her life has failed. It should be done with deep sorrow because the foetus is a living being. Those who say abortion is safer than life birth are all liars who deceive people. They know about the risk and the after effects of abortion, but they keep down playing it just to convince others to accept their own beliefs. If a child should be born paralyzed or seriously sick as diagnosed by medical doctors, let that child be born. That sickness may be treated or cured in years to come after birth, who knows?
A lot of children have been killed because of false diagnosis from doctors who later accept they were fatal mistakes. What about a woman who has been proclaimed sterile by doctors, only to become pregnant in due time? Doctors are not God. Nowadays it is encouraged by some people including the Belgian government that abortion should be performed when a woman has economic or social problems, distress or on the woman’s request. These reasons do not consider of the unborn baby’s right to live. Those who ignore all natural and religious laws, encouraging the abortion campaign as the right of a woman should immediately reflect again on the value of human life as they read this article.
The ethics or moral principles of a medical doctor are to save life and not to destroy life. No doubt scientists are desperate in cloning human beings rather than saving unborn babies. If governments could spend billions of dollars in protecting endangered animals such tigers and elephants in Africa and other parts of the world, what about protecting unborn babies in the womb of a woman which cost little or no dollar? The wickedness of man and the misuse of science and technology for abortion and cloning of human beings may one day turn to harm the human race. It can be predicted that the indigenous Belgian population will dramatically reduce in the next 25-30 years. Why? According to my experience, young strong and healthy Belgian couples with good careers will prefer to live with dogs rather than to deliver a child. Furthermore, in 1995-2000, Belgium suffered a low fertility rate of just 1.6%. If this continues what do you think will happen? There will be a dramatic population fall. Add graph
Since life is precious to everyone, there are reasons for unborn babies in the womb to be protected and honoured. The Belgian liberal abortion laws should be reviewed and restricted like that of Poland because these have got something to do with human life and all doctors in Belgium should respect the conscience clauses, that permit medical providers or institutions to refuse to provide certain health services based on religious or moral objections. They shield providers from liability for refusing to offer services that their patients are otherwise legally entitled to receive. Reproductive health-care provides most commonly invoke conscience clauses in refusing to provide abortion and contraceptive sterilization service.
As a matter of conscience, the former King of Belgium, a Catholic, King Badouin’s refusal to sign the bill legalizing abortion created constitutional crises. In the end the king was ousted and all members of the government signed the bill. Yet the very next day, desperate for the King’s moral leadership, the government voted him back as head of state. Such examples remind us that we ought never to capitulate. Our moral leadership often times does not go unnoticed (Meaney, 2004)
The conception to new life is God’s most precious gift to humankind. Even though there are many forces in our culture that refuse to acknowledge that life in the womb is a developing person, life begins in the womb. If that is denied, the repercussions destroy the very fabric of society. Where would our civilization be if people like Albert Einstein, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Gandi, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison just to mention a few, had been destroyed in the womb? Despite all our scientific , educational and technological advances, I think the future generations will look back on this era as one of the darkest, because of the whole sale murder of unborn children who should be welcomed as our hope for the feature, are now calculated as liabilities, risk and burdens (Arnold, 2005)
Anyone who has persevered in the pro-life mission for a long time knows that we do not fight against flesh and blood but against the principalities and powers of darkness (Euteneur, 2004). In October 1980, an American feminist Gloria Steinem wrote that Hitler himself and the Nazis doctrine he created, where unequivocally opposed to any individual right to abortion.
To end this article, I will recommend and appeal to the Belgian law makers that giving women the ability to abort unborn babies with reasons such as economic or social reasons, on the woman’s, distress and even the right to judge her distress condition according to the Belgian law, should be wiped out. It is best that only specialized medical doctors and psychologists should determine the distress of women in order to treat them medically and psychologically. Stress does not call for any abortion because it can be treated. Belgium needs more strict laws on abortion to guarantee the existence of her feature fragile nation or if not, there will be a dramatic population fall in 25-30 years to come. There is a great need for the Belgian abortion law to be reviewed.
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Partial Birth Abortion
One of the most controversial forms of abortion is the partial birth abortion. This basically refers to a medical process called intact dilation and extraction. This is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of a whole or intact fetus from the womb through the cervix. The term "partial birth abortion" was first used in public, political, and legal discourse to discuss the legality of the procedure in the United States.
The debate on this subject is more often due to the term as well as the procedure. The opponents of the term refer to it as a political invention used to seek greater support for larger legal restrictions. On the other hand, supporters of the term refer to it as an accurate description of the procedure being represented.
Origin of the Term
This procedure was developed by Dr. James McMahon in 1983. Several years later, the term ?partial birth abortion? began to pop out everywhere in reference to the procedure. The term was first used on June 4, 1995, by the media during a pro-life event that supported legislation limiting abortions. The term "brain suction abortion" was also used along with the term "partial birth abortion" by pro-life activists, such as Janet Folger, during this time.
Controversy
In 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. This law described the procedure as "a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary." Many pro-life advocates consider the procedure equivalent to infanticide or murder.
The main battleground concerning abortions deals with the potential health risk to the mother. That is why most anti-abortion laws are considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The anti-abortion laws that do not permit the procedure under special circumstances have been summarily struck down by the Supreme Court. However, the American Medical Association has recently stated that partial birth abortion is never medically necessary, allowing for the creation of the law that bans this procedure.
The debate on this subject is more often due to the term as well as the procedure. The opponents of the term refer to it as a political invention used to seek greater support for larger legal restrictions. On the other hand, supporters of the term refer to it as an accurate description of the procedure being represented.
Origin of the Term
This procedure was developed by Dr. James McMahon in 1983. Several years later, the term ?partial birth abortion? began to pop out everywhere in reference to the procedure. The term was first used on June 4, 1995, by the media during a pro-life event that supported legislation limiting abortions. The term "brain suction abortion" was also used along with the term "partial birth abortion" by pro-life activists, such as Janet Folger, during this time.
Controversy
In 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. This law described the procedure as "a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary." Many pro-life advocates consider the procedure equivalent to infanticide or murder.
The main battleground concerning abortions deals with the potential health risk to the mother. That is why most anti-abortion laws are considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The anti-abortion laws that do not permit the procedure under special circumstances have been summarily struck down by the Supreme Court. However, the American Medical Association has recently stated that partial birth abortion is never medically necessary, allowing for the creation of the law that bans this procedure.
Abortion Rights
Abortion is defined as the willful termination of pregnancy before the fetus can survive by itself. Since the late 19th century, abortion has been illegal in many Western countries due to the influence of the Christian church. These laws that criminalized abortion remained intact until the 1970s. During this time, thousands of women every year sought abortions, despite its illegality. Women often had abortions under unsafe conditions, and many died or suffered complications from them. When abortion became legal in the 70s, new procedures were employed to ensure the safety and sanitation of the mother. Abortion-related deaths and complications became a thing of the past.
Historical Views
The controversy surrounding the legality, as well as the morality, of abortion has been discussed throughout the ages. There has been little advancement on the subject; the topics that were argued thousands of years ago continue to be argued today.
The term "pro-choice" was coined by opponents of the legislation that makes abortion illegal. These people believe that women should have the legal right to have an abortion. They would like to preserve a woman's right to privacy as well as the ability to control what they can or cannot do. They believe that the government does not have the authority to pass laws that deal with their bodies.
Abortion Rights Issues
The controversy concerning abortion rights today has become politicized. The Democratic Party tends to be more pro-choice than the Republican Party. However, recent studies have shown that the most people view abortion rights somewhat more moderately than politicians.
In 1973, the controversial ruling by the Supreme Court on the Roe vs. Wade case made it unconstitutional to pass laws banning abortions during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. However, it restricts abortions during the third trimester unless the life or health of the mother is at risk.
Pro-choice activists oppose all laws that pertain to limiting a woman's rights to an abortion.
Historical Views
The controversy surrounding the legality, as well as the morality, of abortion has been discussed throughout the ages. There has been little advancement on the subject; the topics that were argued thousands of years ago continue to be argued today.
The term "pro-choice" was coined by opponents of the legislation that makes abortion illegal. These people believe that women should have the legal right to have an abortion. They would like to preserve a woman's right to privacy as well as the ability to control what they can or cannot do. They believe that the government does not have the authority to pass laws that deal with their bodies.
Abortion Rights Issues
The controversy concerning abortion rights today has become politicized. The Democratic Party tends to be more pro-choice than the Republican Party. However, recent studies have shown that the most people view abortion rights somewhat more moderately than politicians.
In 1973, the controversial ruling by the Supreme Court on the Roe vs. Wade case made it unconstitutional to pass laws banning abortions during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. However, it restricts abortions during the third trimester unless the life or health of the mother is at risk.
Pro-choice activists oppose all laws that pertain to limiting a woman's rights to an abortion.
History of Abortion
Abortion has been around for a long time, and it has impacted women and men in a variety of ways, in different times and places. Christian influence in Western civilizations has caused widespread disapproval of this practice. Many nations passed laws by the 19th century that banned abortion. It was not until the latter half of the 20th century that some nations began to legalize it. Up to this time, debates about the moral issues of abortion continue to rage on. At times, these arguments become very heated and lead to violence.
Early Accounts of Abortions
There is anthropological evidence and written historical documentation that refer to abortion practices before the middle ages. During these times, women would induce abortion by using sharp sticks, poisonous herbs, abdominal pressure, special exercises and other crude techniques. Even late-term abortion was tolerated by some civilizations during this time.
The main opposition to abortion, as with today?s time, came from the Christian community. They used the Bible to justify their disapproval of this practice. But the debate on the moral issues of abortion has extended to even within the Christian community. Prominent Christians such as Saint Augustine refers to writings in the book of Exodus that say that abortion is not murder and is thus moral.
Abortion Debate
The controversy surrounding the practice of abortion has been around throughout its entire history. Without any factual breakthrough, the debates look to continue well into the future. One of the biggest things being weighed today is the right of a woman to choose against the morality of the practice.
The types of abortion are also a subject of debate today. The practice of partial-birth abortion and late-term abortion is a very touchy issue. Nowadays, most citizens are more moderate in their views of abortion than the politicians who create these abortion laws.
Early Accounts of Abortions
There is anthropological evidence and written historical documentation that refer to abortion practices before the middle ages. During these times, women would induce abortion by using sharp sticks, poisonous herbs, abdominal pressure, special exercises and other crude techniques. Even late-term abortion was tolerated by some civilizations during this time.
The main opposition to abortion, as with today?s time, came from the Christian community. They used the Bible to justify their disapproval of this practice. But the debate on the moral issues of abortion has extended to even within the Christian community. Prominent Christians such as Saint Augustine refers to writings in the book of Exodus that say that abortion is not murder and is thus moral.
Abortion Debate
The controversy surrounding the practice of abortion has been around throughout its entire history. Without any factual breakthrough, the debates look to continue well into the future. One of the biggest things being weighed today is the right of a woman to choose against the morality of the practice.
The types of abortion are also a subject of debate today. The practice of partial-birth abortion and late-term abortion is a very touchy issue. Nowadays, most citizens are more moderate in their views of abortion than the politicians who create these abortion laws.
Freakonomics, a Book Review
If the thought of a book on economics is about as exciting as watching your toenails grow, or you are under-whelmed with statistics and number crunching theory, then the bestselling book Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything just might be the book to make you wake up without that extra cup of Starbucks' best. Actually, Freakonomics is an engaging read because it seems to be more about sociology and psychology than boring numerical analysis. With its well-paced and easy reading style, this book shows how the resulting correlation and causality of data impacts our lives and definitely makes us think differently about facts and figures. The authors, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, contend, "What this book is about is stripping a layer or two from modern life and seeing what is happening underneath," exposing why conventional wisdom is so often wrong. In effect, there are real tangible benefits in thinking laterally. To be sure, their seemingly off-the-wall comparisons are definitely attention grabbers. Who would have ever thought to make the unlikely comparison of teachers and sumo wrestlers to show that economics is, in essence, the study of incentives. But for those of you who desire a smooth flowing book, with multiple concepts building to an ultimate conclusion, you might be disappointed. Actually, the book presents six wholly different topics, with no unifying theme. And while Freakonomics does jump seemingly randomly from question to question, there are some lessons to be learned. For example, the book demonstrates that the most obvious reason why something happens is not always the real reason. To be sure, sometimes the real reason doesn't even make the list of possibilities. Or, as is often true in the case studies given in Freakonomics, the cause turns out not to be the cause at all, but the effect.
Perhaps the most hard-hitting and controversial riddle tackled by Freakonomics explores the cause of the dramatic drop in the U.S. crime rate in the chapter "Where Have All the Criminals Gone?" The book explains that by the 1990s violent crime had grown to epic proportions in the United States. Experts everywhere, from law enforcement to government agencies could only predict that it would get worse. The American way had somehow produced and coined the term "superpredator." "Death by gunfire", intentional and otherwise, had become commonplace. And then, instead of going up, the crime rate suddenly started to drop profoundly- by over 40 percent in just a few years. By studying crime statistics from all over the country in comparison with abortion statistics in the era after the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Freakonomics arrives at a startling conclusion. The book submits that the highly publicized drop in America's violent crime rate since 1990 is due almost entirely to legalized abortion, rather than better police work, new gun laws, or any of a number of other factors put forward by agencies of all stripes eager to take credit for it. Although the authors concede they have "managed to offend just about everyone," from conservatives, (because "abortion could be construed as a crime-fighting tool") to liberals, (because "the poor and black women were singled out"), they stick strictly to the evidence, admitting that this view "should not be misinterpreted as either an endorsement of abortion or a call for intervention by the state in the fertility decisions of women." The book verifies its conclusion by consistently dismantling argument after argument for the other touted factors and keeps returning to the cause and effect of evidence at hand. After all, the "truth" as the authors see it, is not always convenient.
The other topics explored in Freakonomics, while not as controversial, are equally interesting. In fact, some could be considered amusing. If you are looking to spruce up you intellect for the next cocktail party, or widen your eyes to the world around you, then this book is a necessary read. However, what might be considered a turnoff by some is the annoying insertion of quotations from external sources about how innovative or creative the authors are as a precursor to every chapter. That being said, it is refreshing to have an odd economist, or at least an economist who ask odd questions to tease out the most fascinating facts concerning the mysteries of the world around us.
One word of advice: don't buy this book in paperback. At the list price of $25.00, it rings up at only 95 cents cheaper than the hardback book, which is a much more attractive and sturdy volume. Plus, because the hardback has been available for much longer, you can actually find the hardback for significantly cheaper (more than $7) if you search a few bookstores.
After almost a year in publication, Freakonomics continues to make the bestseller lists, currently holding (at the time of writing this review) the much vaunted Amazon #1 seller position. If nothing else, that is an important statistic to keep in mind.
Perhaps the most hard-hitting and controversial riddle tackled by Freakonomics explores the cause of the dramatic drop in the U.S. crime rate in the chapter "Where Have All the Criminals Gone?" The book explains that by the 1990s violent crime had grown to epic proportions in the United States. Experts everywhere, from law enforcement to government agencies could only predict that it would get worse. The American way had somehow produced and coined the term "superpredator." "Death by gunfire", intentional and otherwise, had become commonplace. And then, instead of going up, the crime rate suddenly started to drop profoundly- by over 40 percent in just a few years. By studying crime statistics from all over the country in comparison with abortion statistics in the era after the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Freakonomics arrives at a startling conclusion. The book submits that the highly publicized drop in America's violent crime rate since 1990 is due almost entirely to legalized abortion, rather than better police work, new gun laws, or any of a number of other factors put forward by agencies of all stripes eager to take credit for it. Although the authors concede they have "managed to offend just about everyone," from conservatives, (because "abortion could be construed as a crime-fighting tool") to liberals, (because "the poor and black women were singled out"), they stick strictly to the evidence, admitting that this view "should not be misinterpreted as either an endorsement of abortion or a call for intervention by the state in the fertility decisions of women." The book verifies its conclusion by consistently dismantling argument after argument for the other touted factors and keeps returning to the cause and effect of evidence at hand. After all, the "truth" as the authors see it, is not always convenient.
The other topics explored in Freakonomics, while not as controversial, are equally interesting. In fact, some could be considered amusing. If you are looking to spruce up you intellect for the next cocktail party, or widen your eyes to the world around you, then this book is a necessary read. However, what might be considered a turnoff by some is the annoying insertion of quotations from external sources about how innovative or creative the authors are as a precursor to every chapter. That being said, it is refreshing to have an odd economist, or at least an economist who ask odd questions to tease out the most fascinating facts concerning the mysteries of the world around us.
One word of advice: don't buy this book in paperback. At the list price of $25.00, it rings up at only 95 cents cheaper than the hardback book, which is a much more attractive and sturdy volume. Plus, because the hardback has been available for much longer, you can actually find the hardback for significantly cheaper (more than $7) if you search a few bookstores.
After almost a year in publication, Freakonomics continues to make the bestseller lists, currently holding (at the time of writing this review) the much vaunted Amazon #1 seller position. If nothing else, that is an important statistic to keep in mind.
Think Before You Abort - All About the Trauma of Post Abortion Syndrome
Chronic suffering and symptoms that lead to Post Abortion Syndrome, a form of Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS), are commonly seen in women who abort their child, be it voluntarily, forcibly, or due to unavoidable medical complications. The trauma of the syndrome is equally experienced by all of them irrespective of the reason. Unfortunately, most of us fail to attend to a woman's emotional well-being after the child is aborted, thereby making it all the more difficult to deal with post-abortion stress.
In medical terminology, Post-Abortion Syndrome is defined as "a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by women after a pregnancy termination". The feelings of guilt, pain and loss that are naturally felt by a woman after the procedure are nothing but early signs of distress. If these feelings do not heal or their own, they lead to long-term psychological effects resulting in a group of symptoms that together constitute the syndrome.
The probability of occurrence of this syndrome is usually high in women who were unsure about their decision or had an unstable mindset during the process pregnancy termination. Another risk factor that contributes to the occurrence of this post-traumatic stress disorder is lack of adequate counseling before undergoing the procedure.
Major Symptoms
Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS) faced by women post-abortion is usually characterized by the following symptoms:
1) Prolonged feeling of guilt
2) Tendency of the patient to associate the bad events in life to their act of pregnancy termination.
3) Tendency of religious women to think of the act as a sin and associate the setbacks in life as a punishment from God.
4) Irritability and hyper-anxiety
5) Insomnia and other sleep disorders
6) Eating disorders, headaches, and increased heart rate
7) Hatred for those who influenced her decision to abort
8) Over-protective or over-abusive for her future children
9) Psychological detachment and tendency to refrain from thoughts, places, and activities associated with abortion.
10) Drugs and alcohol addiction, as well as self-harming behaviors
11) Tendency to fantasize the age of the unborn baby every year on the date corresponding to date of abortion. This is commonly called the 'Anniversary Syndrome".
The best way to deal with this syndrome is to seek medical care as soon as possible without letting the woman subjugate her depressive emotions, expecting them to heal on their own.
Dealing with PASS - There are nearly 126,000 abortions per day and almost 46 million per year throughout the world. In the United States, there are almost 3700 abortions per day. The abortion statistics of different countries around the globe are depressing. Browse through AbortionRateByCountry.com - A new portal dedicated to all those women who have undergone the trauma of abortion once in their lifetime.
In medical terminology, Post-Abortion Syndrome is defined as "a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by women after a pregnancy termination". The feelings of guilt, pain and loss that are naturally felt by a woman after the procedure are nothing but early signs of distress. If these feelings do not heal or their own, they lead to long-term psychological effects resulting in a group of symptoms that together constitute the syndrome.
The probability of occurrence of this syndrome is usually high in women who were unsure about their decision or had an unstable mindset during the process pregnancy termination. Another risk factor that contributes to the occurrence of this post-traumatic stress disorder is lack of adequate counseling before undergoing the procedure.
Major Symptoms
Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS) faced by women post-abortion is usually characterized by the following symptoms:
1) Prolonged feeling of guilt
2) Tendency of the patient to associate the bad events in life to their act of pregnancy termination.
3) Tendency of religious women to think of the act as a sin and associate the setbacks in life as a punishment from God.
4) Irritability and hyper-anxiety
5) Insomnia and other sleep disorders
6) Eating disorders, headaches, and increased heart rate
7) Hatred for those who influenced her decision to abort
8) Over-protective or over-abusive for her future children
9) Psychological detachment and tendency to refrain from thoughts, places, and activities associated with abortion.
10) Drugs and alcohol addiction, as well as self-harming behaviors
11) Tendency to fantasize the age of the unborn baby every year on the date corresponding to date of abortion. This is commonly called the 'Anniversary Syndrome".
The best way to deal with this syndrome is to seek medical care as soon as possible without letting the woman subjugate her depressive emotions, expecting them to heal on their own.
Dealing with PASS - There are nearly 126,000 abortions per day and almost 46 million per year throughout the world. In the United States, there are almost 3700 abortions per day. The abortion statistics of different countries around the globe are depressing. Browse through AbortionRateByCountry.com - A new portal dedicated to all those women who have undergone the trauma of abortion once in their lifetime.
Teen Abortions
Today, having an abortion within the first two trimesters of pregnancy is legal in the United States for adult women. For teens, it is much more complicated. In some states, it is illegal for a child under the age of 18 to have an abortion without the consent of her parent or guardian unless the pregnancy is an immediate threat to her health. Some states do not require the permission of the parent but do require parental notification first. In some states, Idaho for example, having an abortion without the knowledge or consent of parents is allowed.
Debates Concerning the Laws
Laws that limit a teenager's right to an abortion are constantly being challenged in court. It has been argued that a teenage girl has the same rights as an adult woman when it comes to making decisions about her body. It has also been argued that certain circumstances might require abortions to be done immediately and do not allow much time for parental notification. Opponents of these laws question its inflexibility and its invasive nature to the rights of the minor.
Proponents of these notification laws argue that minors do not and should not have the same rights as adults. They say that minors do not have the necessary mental capability to handle a situation as grave as something like this. That is why, they say, it is necessary for the parent to know the circumstances of the situation and to be the one to make the decision.
Abortion Statistics
Research has shown that at least eight percent of all abortions conducted are on adolescents. Even though parental consent is required in most states, teenage girls tend to hide their true age. Clinics will then go ahead and perform the procedure without notifying the parents.
Debates Concerning the Laws
Laws that limit a teenager's right to an abortion are constantly being challenged in court. It has been argued that a teenage girl has the same rights as an adult woman when it comes to making decisions about her body. It has also been argued that certain circumstances might require abortions to be done immediately and do not allow much time for parental notification. Opponents of these laws question its inflexibility and its invasive nature to the rights of the minor.
Proponents of these notification laws argue that minors do not and should not have the same rights as adults. They say that minors do not have the necessary mental capability to handle a situation as grave as something like this. That is why, they say, it is necessary for the parent to know the circumstances of the situation and to be the one to make the decision.
Abortion Statistics
Research has shown that at least eight percent of all abortions conducted are on adolescents. Even though parental consent is required in most states, teenage girls tend to hide their true age. Clinics will then go ahead and perform the procedure without notifying the parents.
The Truth Behind Teenage Pregnancies
While teenage pregnancy accounts enable girls to be aware that somebody out there is listening attentively to their problems, they also reveal to the concerned girls and other people that statistics given in reports addressing the "teenage pregnancy problem" certainly are not mere numbers but are representative of humans with feelings.
Abortion statistics are especially misleading in their chilling numbers. It is extremely simple to reel off percentages when you are not actually in front of the concerned individuals. However, the accounts of teenage pregnancies make it rather complicated to bring down teenage experiences to the level of only numbers.
Undeniably, the point with regard to abortion reveals the intricacy in grouping teen pregnancy into plain statistics. Teen pregnancy reports show that most teenagers become distraught after an abortion. One teenager stated that she had given up the desire to live on the very day she had an abortion. She had thrown away all that she had carefully put together. She had discontinued college on account of the anguish and the trauma and had taken to partying, getting into arguments with many of her closest pals. One year later, the ache was still as intense as the day when she had informed her yet to born baby that she regretted taking its life.
Those who should have been thankful are troubled by the experience endlessly due to physical problems. One girl said that she and her husband were trying to have a baby for the last three years. She did not anticipate any problems. In any case, she was aware that she would conceive. After trying for a couple of years, they visited a doctor. After numerous tests were done on both of them, it was diagnosed that her fallopian tubes were blocked following an infection she had contracted after having an abortion when she was nineteen. Due to her reckless teenage ways, her husband and she are now going through the rather tense and frustrating IVF process as it their only prospect of having a baby they so dearly want. The remorse that emerges to the fore every day is too agonizing to bear.
There are others, who feel comforted and thankful that they had an abortion. Another teenager revealed that there was no pain involved physically and what was even more significant was that she was not emotionally shattered. She had made her peace with her God and her decision much before she had undergone the procedure and she was aware that she wanted to give far more to her child than she was capable of giving.
By sharing her encouraging experience, she hoped that somebody who was thinking about an abortion could understand that it was surely not a negative experience they think it is. Numbers can never portray the emotion of being compelled into going in for an abortion, although teenage pregnancy accounts certainly can. According to one teenage account, she thought that deep down she knew she was not prepared for it but she wanted someone to comfort her and tell her that everything was going to be just but sadly there was no one to do so.
Statistics are indeed helpful to receive a brief idea of the common aspects of any situation, but accounts of teenage pregnancies, and not statistics, are required to completely comprehend the experiences of women behind "teen pregnancy scourge."
Abortion statistics are especially misleading in their chilling numbers. It is extremely simple to reel off percentages when you are not actually in front of the concerned individuals. However, the accounts of teenage pregnancies make it rather complicated to bring down teenage experiences to the level of only numbers.
Undeniably, the point with regard to abortion reveals the intricacy in grouping teen pregnancy into plain statistics. Teen pregnancy reports show that most teenagers become distraught after an abortion. One teenager stated that she had given up the desire to live on the very day she had an abortion. She had thrown away all that she had carefully put together. She had discontinued college on account of the anguish and the trauma and had taken to partying, getting into arguments with many of her closest pals. One year later, the ache was still as intense as the day when she had informed her yet to born baby that she regretted taking its life.
Those who should have been thankful are troubled by the experience endlessly due to physical problems. One girl said that she and her husband were trying to have a baby for the last three years. She did not anticipate any problems. In any case, she was aware that she would conceive. After trying for a couple of years, they visited a doctor. After numerous tests were done on both of them, it was diagnosed that her fallopian tubes were blocked following an infection she had contracted after having an abortion when she was nineteen. Due to her reckless teenage ways, her husband and she are now going through the rather tense and frustrating IVF process as it their only prospect of having a baby they so dearly want. The remorse that emerges to the fore every day is too agonizing to bear.
There are others, who feel comforted and thankful that they had an abortion. Another teenager revealed that there was no pain involved physically and what was even more significant was that she was not emotionally shattered. She had made her peace with her God and her decision much before she had undergone the procedure and she was aware that she wanted to give far more to her child than she was capable of giving.
By sharing her encouraging experience, she hoped that somebody who was thinking about an abortion could understand that it was surely not a negative experience they think it is. Numbers can never portray the emotion of being compelled into going in for an abortion, although teenage pregnancy accounts certainly can. According to one teenage account, she thought that deep down she knew she was not prepared for it but she wanted someone to comfort her and tell her that everything was going to be just but sadly there was no one to do so.
Statistics are indeed helpful to receive a brief idea of the common aspects of any situation, but accounts of teenage pregnancies, and not statistics, are required to completely comprehend the experiences of women behind "teen pregnancy scourge."
Teenage Pregnancies - Alarming Statistics Regarding Teenage Pregnancies!
This should not be happening in a civilized society; yet, it is! In the name of modernity, a more liberal attitude and a more liberal lifestyle has come into existence, with the result that teenagers have opted to live life on their own terms. Unlike earlier days, teenage pregnancies today cause very few eyebrows to be raised!
USA's cosmopolitan population can be broadly classified into Hispanics, non-Hispanics and Blacks.
Where Hispanic girls were concerned, a survey revealed states like Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi and South Dakota, to have the lowest rate of teenage pregnancies. The rate was between 71 and 115 per 1000. The highest number (between 154 and 169 per 1000) was to be found in Delaware, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Tennessee. After 1998, there was a fall in the number of pregnancies in all states, by 19%. This lasted up to 2002.
North Dakota's population of non-Hispanic whites registered the lowest rate of 33 per 1000, while Arkansas showed the highest (77 per 1000). High numbers of teenage pregnancies were recorded in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee, ranging between 71 and 73 per 1000. Other states in the South were near about the same, though the figure did come down by 34% between 1998 and 2002.
In general, the 'Blacks' who got pregnant were aged around 15 to 19. New Jersey led the table with 209 teenage pregnancies per 1000. States like Oregon, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Delaware showed a rate of 161 to 177 per 1000. A rate of 71 to 114 per 1000 was seen New Mexico, Colorado, West Virginia, Utah and Rhode Island. Statistics did reveal some heartening news that the rate had come down by 40% from 1990 to 2002 in every state.
Overall statistics regarding teenage pregnancies in 2000 revealed that while Nevada recorded the highest number of teen birth rates (113 per 1000), North Dakota exhibited the lowest count (42 per 1000). Compared to states like Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Mississippi and Arizona, states like Vermont, Maine, North Dakota, Massachusetts and New Hampshire had much lower teen birth rates.
Since few teenagers wanted to become mothers so soon, abortion became popular too. The number of abortions was highest in 1998. Fortunately, the rate came down by about 50% in 2002.
Looking at abortion statistics, the lowest rates were found in Kentucky, North Dakota, Utah and South Dakota. In fact, lesser than 17% of adolescents in Utah, South Dakota and Kentucky opted to bring their pregnancies to an end. In stark contrast were the states of New Jersey, Nevada, District of Columbia, California, Maryland and New York, where there were abortions galore! Greater than 50% of teenage pregnancies were terminated in the states of the Maryland, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
If your head has stopped whirling after sifting through the above-mentioned figures, consider this, "The lowered rate of teenage pregnancies was due to the fact that by 2003, only about 47% of adolescents indulged in sexual relationships unlike 53% of adolescents in 1993. Today, the use of contraceptives by adolescents is on the rise!"
USA's cosmopolitan population can be broadly classified into Hispanics, non-Hispanics and Blacks.
Where Hispanic girls were concerned, a survey revealed states like Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi and South Dakota, to have the lowest rate of teenage pregnancies. The rate was between 71 and 115 per 1000. The highest number (between 154 and 169 per 1000) was to be found in Delaware, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Tennessee. After 1998, there was a fall in the number of pregnancies in all states, by 19%. This lasted up to 2002.
North Dakota's population of non-Hispanic whites registered the lowest rate of 33 per 1000, while Arkansas showed the highest (77 per 1000). High numbers of teenage pregnancies were recorded in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee, ranging between 71 and 73 per 1000. Other states in the South were near about the same, though the figure did come down by 34% between 1998 and 2002.
In general, the 'Blacks' who got pregnant were aged around 15 to 19. New Jersey led the table with 209 teenage pregnancies per 1000. States like Oregon, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Delaware showed a rate of 161 to 177 per 1000. A rate of 71 to 114 per 1000 was seen New Mexico, Colorado, West Virginia, Utah and Rhode Island. Statistics did reveal some heartening news that the rate had come down by 40% from 1990 to 2002 in every state.
Overall statistics regarding teenage pregnancies in 2000 revealed that while Nevada recorded the highest number of teen birth rates (113 per 1000), North Dakota exhibited the lowest count (42 per 1000). Compared to states like Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Mississippi and Arizona, states like Vermont, Maine, North Dakota, Massachusetts and New Hampshire had much lower teen birth rates.
Since few teenagers wanted to become mothers so soon, abortion became popular too. The number of abortions was highest in 1998. Fortunately, the rate came down by about 50% in 2002.
Looking at abortion statistics, the lowest rates were found in Kentucky, North Dakota, Utah and South Dakota. In fact, lesser than 17% of adolescents in Utah, South Dakota and Kentucky opted to bring their pregnancies to an end. In stark contrast were the states of New Jersey, Nevada, District of Columbia, California, Maryland and New York, where there were abortions galore! Greater than 50% of teenage pregnancies were terminated in the states of the Maryland, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
If your head has stopped whirling after sifting through the above-mentioned figures, consider this, "The lowered rate of teenage pregnancies was due to the fact that by 2003, only about 47% of adolescents indulged in sexual relationships unlike 53% of adolescents in 1993. Today, the use of contraceptives by adolescents is on the rise!"
Sunday, October 30, 2011
School Bullying Statistics - The ABCs of Harassment
If you are like most parents you breathe a sigh of relief once you get the kids off to school.
I raised 5 special needs children that were adopted as a single male parent. I thought that once they were all on their respective buses that they were going to be in the hands of professionals and would be safe.
I knew as special needs kids they were all going to be subjected to a small degree of harassment. The kids who ride the "short bus" always have this problem.
I was prepared for it and made sure my kids were as well and it all passed without major incident.
However, many kids who ride the "long bus" are not so fortunate. They are, in some cases, in more of a dangerous situation than they were before leaving for school.
Here are some School Bullying Statistics from 2009 Surveys:
*Over 75% of our students are subjected to harassment by a bully or Cyber-Bully and experience physical, psychological and/or emotional abuse.
*Over 20% of our kids admit to being a bully or participating in bully-like activities.
*Over one half of bullying & Cyber-Bullying events go unreported to authorities or parents.
*In 2009 surveys showed over 100,000 children carried guns to school as a result of being bullied.
*28% of students who carry weapons in school have witnessed violence in their homes.
*On a daily average 160,000 children miss school because they fear they will be bullied if they attend classes.
*On a monthly average 282,000 students are physically attacked by a bully each month.
*Every seven minutes a child is bullied on a school playground with over 85% of those instances occurring without any intervention.
*46% of males and 26% of females admit to having been involved in physical fights as a result of being bullied.
*Over 85% of our teenagers say that revenge as an aftermath of being bullied is the leading cause for school shootings and homicide.
*The top 5 states in regards to reported incidents of bullying and Cyber-Bullying are California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
*A child commits suicide as a direct result of being bullied once every half hour with 19,000 bullied children attempting to commit suicide over the course of one year.
As you can see from the school bullying statistics listed above it is indeed a serious problem that must be addressed whenever discovered.
Unfortunately, as indicated above, most instances of school bully activity go unreported by the student victims.
This makes it very difficult for teachers or parents to intervene on behalf of the victim and provide the proper counseling needed for the victim as well as the bully.
A relatively new type of bully, the Cyber-Bully, is relevant in schools as well as home and is a growing concern for parents when trying to protect their kids from this form of abuse.
Cyber-Bullying is the harassment of kids through the use of the internet and filters into the schools when kids return to classes.
It is so serious that over one third of our kids who frequent the internet are victims of the Cyber-Bully.
I raised 5 special needs children that were adopted as a single male parent. I thought that once they were all on their respective buses that they were going to be in the hands of professionals and would be safe.
I knew as special needs kids they were all going to be subjected to a small degree of harassment. The kids who ride the "short bus" always have this problem.
I was prepared for it and made sure my kids were as well and it all passed without major incident.
However, many kids who ride the "long bus" are not so fortunate. They are, in some cases, in more of a dangerous situation than they were before leaving for school.
Here are some School Bullying Statistics from 2009 Surveys:
*Over 75% of our students are subjected to harassment by a bully or Cyber-Bully and experience physical, psychological and/or emotional abuse.
*Over 20% of our kids admit to being a bully or participating in bully-like activities.
*Over one half of bullying & Cyber-Bullying events go unreported to authorities or parents.
*In 2009 surveys showed over 100,000 children carried guns to school as a result of being bullied.
*28% of students who carry weapons in school have witnessed violence in their homes.
*On a daily average 160,000 children miss school because they fear they will be bullied if they attend classes.
*On a monthly average 282,000 students are physically attacked by a bully each month.
*Every seven minutes a child is bullied on a school playground with over 85% of those instances occurring without any intervention.
*46% of males and 26% of females admit to having been involved in physical fights as a result of being bullied.
*Over 85% of our teenagers say that revenge as an aftermath of being bullied is the leading cause for school shootings and homicide.
*The top 5 states in regards to reported incidents of bullying and Cyber-Bullying are California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
*A child commits suicide as a direct result of being bullied once every half hour with 19,000 bullied children attempting to commit suicide over the course of one year.
As you can see from the school bullying statistics listed above it is indeed a serious problem that must be addressed whenever discovered.
Unfortunately, as indicated above, most instances of school bully activity go unreported by the student victims.
This makes it very difficult for teachers or parents to intervene on behalf of the victim and provide the proper counseling needed for the victim as well as the bully.
A relatively new type of bully, the Cyber-Bully, is relevant in schools as well as home and is a growing concern for parents when trying to protect their kids from this form of abuse.
Cyber-Bullying is the harassment of kids through the use of the internet and filters into the schools when kids return to classes.
It is so serious that over one third of our kids who frequent the internet are victims of the Cyber-Bully.
Bullying Statistics Show If Your Child Is the Victim of Bullying
Any concerned parent has seen the startling bullying statistics that shows that 77% of students admit to being bullied. These bullying statistics often result in disconcerting thoughts about the school system and thankfulness that your child is not suffering. However most parents, who have a child being bullied, are not aware of the abuse at all.
How can you be sure?
Children being bullied are most likely afraid to talk about their experiences at all. The child, who might already have self esteem problems, may be afraid to tell you because they think it will expose weakness in them. Even still, bullying statistics show that most students who are bullied are often threatened to keep it quiet. The fear of their parents going to school officials and exposing their disclosure may also cause the secrecy. In the victim's point of view bringing school officials in to the ordeal only results in public scrutiny and more bullying.
The best way to deal with the subject is to handle with care. Your child will probably deny being bullied, bullying statistics show. Try to tell them that no one deserves to be bullied and that it's not their fault. Don't pressure your child in to talking about his situation. Bullying statistics illustrate that your child will only talk about his ordeal when you're both calm.
Once you have identified the bully you can make a plan of action to stop the torment. If you go to the school with your problem make sure they treat it as a serious issue. Bullying statistics show that most schools think of bullying as harmless teasing. Make it very clear to your school what your situation is and what you would like to see happen in the future. Give them specific details such as who is involved, what type of bullying, where it takes place, etc... If you take bullying seriously then you can force into making your school take it seriously.
Take a second look at those bullying statistics. Ask yourself if your child is represented in them. Then take the necessary action to eliminate the problem.
How can you be sure?
Children being bullied are most likely afraid to talk about their experiences at all. The child, who might already have self esteem problems, may be afraid to tell you because they think it will expose weakness in them. Even still, bullying statistics show that most students who are bullied are often threatened to keep it quiet. The fear of their parents going to school officials and exposing their disclosure may also cause the secrecy. In the victim's point of view bringing school officials in to the ordeal only results in public scrutiny and more bullying.
The best way to deal with the subject is to handle with care. Your child will probably deny being bullied, bullying statistics show. Try to tell them that no one deserves to be bullied and that it's not their fault. Don't pressure your child in to talking about his situation. Bullying statistics illustrate that your child will only talk about his ordeal when you're both calm.
Once you have identified the bully you can make a plan of action to stop the torment. If you go to the school with your problem make sure they treat it as a serious issue. Bullying statistics show that most schools think of bullying as harmless teasing. Make it very clear to your school what your situation is and what you would like to see happen in the future. Give them specific details such as who is involved, what type of bullying, where it takes place, etc... If you take bullying seriously then you can force into making your school take it seriously.
Take a second look at those bullying statistics. Ask yourself if your child is represented in them. Then take the necessary action to eliminate the problem.
Bullying Statistics - A Losing Game for Bully and Victim
Bullying is a big problem in today's schools. Even though the problem is exhauster bated by teachers believing its simply a part of growing up, still not enough people take bullying serious enough for the affects it has on our children. Both bully and victim experience the result of those years of anguish, and according to bullying statistics the results for both are grim.
Bullies gain their power over their victims by using their influence or their physical ability. Bullies can be far more popular then their prey, thus meaning that questioning them would be the equivalent to social suicide. According to new bullying statistics bullies appear to be at a greatest risk of experiencing the following: loneliness; trouble making friends; lack of success in school; and involvement in problem behaviors such as smoking and drinking.
Victims, though not plagued by any distinct physical characteristics, are picked out early in their educational career and tormented through high school. The end result for victims can be even more disturbing then their persecutors. Recent bullying statistics say among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers. This is clearly a result of the bullying they experienced earlier in life.
It is clear that the game of bullying is a no win situation for anyone involved Bullies are put at a greater risk of substance abuse, while victims suffer irreversible consequences. This is the reason why people should get involved in a conscious effort to stop bullying and this vicious cycle.
Bullies gain their power over their victims by using their influence or their physical ability. Bullies can be far more popular then their prey, thus meaning that questioning them would be the equivalent to social suicide. According to new bullying statistics bullies appear to be at a greatest risk of experiencing the following: loneliness; trouble making friends; lack of success in school; and involvement in problem behaviors such as smoking and drinking.
Victims, though not plagued by any distinct physical characteristics, are picked out early in their educational career and tormented through high school. The end result for victims can be even more disturbing then their persecutors. Recent bullying statistics say among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers. This is clearly a result of the bullying they experienced earlier in life.
It is clear that the game of bullying is a no win situation for anyone involved Bullies are put at a greater risk of substance abuse, while victims suffer irreversible consequences. This is the reason why people should get involved in a conscious effort to stop bullying and this vicious cycle.
Bullying Statistics - What Can Teachers Do To End Bullying
The age old question that no one has an answer to: What can be done about bullies? Bullies are people who use their advantages over other people to harass them. Bullying Statistics show that students who are bullied don't often talk about it. However there is a first line of defense and that's the teachers. If Teachers take action it will greatly reduce the burden of bullying on parents and students.
The first problem is that teachers believe that they are doing a great job preventing bullying. This is illustrated by the bullying statistic that shows that every seven minutes a child is bullied the amount of adult intervention is a dwindling 4%. This is a significant sign that what teachers are doing are not working.
But what can teachers do? The answer may surprise you.
Great teachers realize that the biggest difference between having bullies in your classroom and having well behaved students can be attitude. In fact, bullying statistics show that the same atmosphere that prevents bullying also encourages learning. Creating that attitude is really all about teaching the students that the well being and state of the classroom lays on their shoulders. Another intricate part of this is to learn the gateway behavior that preludes harassment, bullying statistics say. Still then if the problem continues it is best to refer the student to a source of support.
Teachers who take action against bullying will be rewarded with a safer and more productive classroom. This can be easily accomplished by creating an atmosphere that encourages personal responsibility and consequences.
The first problem is that teachers believe that they are doing a great job preventing bullying. This is illustrated by the bullying statistic that shows that every seven minutes a child is bullied the amount of adult intervention is a dwindling 4%. This is a significant sign that what teachers are doing are not working.
But what can teachers do? The answer may surprise you.
Great teachers realize that the biggest difference between having bullies in your classroom and having well behaved students can be attitude. In fact, bullying statistics show that the same atmosphere that prevents bullying also encourages learning. Creating that attitude is really all about teaching the students that the well being and state of the classroom lays on their shoulders. Another intricate part of this is to learn the gateway behavior that preludes harassment, bullying statistics say. Still then if the problem continues it is best to refer the student to a source of support.
Teachers who take action against bullying will be rewarded with a safer and more productive classroom. This can be easily accomplished by creating an atmosphere that encourages personal responsibility and consequences.
Bullying Statistics - How Bullies Impact a Childs Life
In the United States the act of bullying has risen dramatically in the past few years. Bullying statistics show that 13 per cent of children ages 6 through 10 are involved in bullying. Bullying can often rise above simple teasing and turn to much more aggressive and violent acts. It can range from shoves in the hallways to full blown beatings shown by a Virginia boy who was flogged by a group of bullies.
Bullying Statistics also show that 29 percent of youth are part of the bullying procedure. That's 5.7 million children who are the targets of bullies or bullies themselves. Bullying most often occur at school but can also happen where ever large groups of children reside. Since Schools represent the biggest point of bullying, it is surprising to learn that many teachers believe bullying to be "a right of passage". This leads to a lack of results in classrooms across America, according to bullying statistics. Another aspect that can cause failure in classrooms across America is missed school. Bullying statistics say 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of bullies.
Often bullies attacks, verbal or otherwise, will go unreported. This has created a dent in bullying statistics. Some experts have been cited as saying that the average bullying statistic could vary well be ten times as high as was reported. The main reason why most bully victims don't report incidents is due to fear of retribution. Another aspect is that often time's resentment from other peers will play into the fear of reporting incidents.
Bullying Statistics also show that 29 percent of youth are part of the bullying procedure. That's 5.7 million children who are the targets of bullies or bullies themselves. Bullying most often occur at school but can also happen where ever large groups of children reside. Since Schools represent the biggest point of bullying, it is surprising to learn that many teachers believe bullying to be "a right of passage". This leads to a lack of results in classrooms across America, according to bullying statistics. Another aspect that can cause failure in classrooms across America is missed school. Bullying statistics say 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of bullies.
Often bullies attacks, verbal or otherwise, will go unreported. This has created a dent in bullying statistics. Some experts have been cited as saying that the average bullying statistic could vary well be ten times as high as was reported. The main reason why most bully victims don't report incidents is due to fear of retribution. Another aspect is that often time's resentment from other peers will play into the fear of reporting incidents.
Bullying Statistics Show The Price A Bully Pays
According to new bullying statistics, school districts nation wide report an 82 per cent increase in school violence in the past 5 years. This amount of violence in schools only verifies that bullying violence is on the rise. Bullies hold our school yards in hostage, as bullying statistics show, one in fifteen middle school students don't go to specific locations for fear of being attacked. With all the advancements of social sensitivity some people are amazed this is still an issue.
Most bullies come from homes were there is little warmth or parental guidance. Bullying statistics show that disciplinary action taken by a bully's parents is often inconsistent and highly physical. This, in turn, is how the bully learns to deal with people. It's this type of environments that breeds low self esteem which in turn creates a need to belittle people for your own gain.. The common bully has little understanding of trust and lack the patience for delayed gratification.
Counseling is one of the only ways to stop bullying. The two skills a bully needs to learn, according to bullying statistics, is the ability to take responsibility for their actions and to learn to delay indulgence. Learning that what they do really does affect other people will change the way bullies react around their peers. With recent bullying statistics showing that 60 per cent of school bullies are convicted of a crime by the time they are 24, the future for bullies who don't change their ways is bleak
Most bullies come from homes were there is little warmth or parental guidance. Bullying statistics show that disciplinary action taken by a bully's parents is often inconsistent and highly physical. This, in turn, is how the bully learns to deal with people. It's this type of environments that breeds low self esteem which in turn creates a need to belittle people for your own gain.. The common bully has little understanding of trust and lack the patience for delayed gratification.
Counseling is one of the only ways to stop bullying. The two skills a bully needs to learn, according to bullying statistics, is the ability to take responsibility for their actions and to learn to delay indulgence. Learning that what they do really does affect other people will change the way bullies react around their peers. With recent bullying statistics showing that 60 per cent of school bullies are convicted of a crime by the time they are 24, the future for bullies who don't change their ways is bleak
The Most Terrifying Workplace Bullying Statistics
You are not alone in your struggle of staying above the troubling atmosphere of workplace bullying.
There is no need to carry the burden of maltreatment and unpleasant practices alone. Remember that it seems to thrive in many working environment nowadays.
The intensity of the effects of such negative behavior has grabbed the attention of many institutions all over the world. Terrifying scenarios have emerged over the years relating to such terrible practices. They have forced many companies to examine the disturbing effects this has on the human resource and the organizational productivity as a whole.
Various concerns have been raised about the subject matter which re-echo the experiences in your very own working environment.
The following are just some of the shocking revelations about the severity of workplace bullying today:
A study by Work Cover (ACT) in 2005 showed that the financial cost of workplace bullying to businesses in Australia can go greater than $36 billion. The problem is that these practices and therefor the costs steadily increase every year. This includes indirect costs brought by absenteeism, labor turnover, loss of productivity and legal costs. Even bigger expenses are expected when hidden and lost opportunity costs are considered.
In 2007 the result of the largest scientific survey of workplace bullying in the USA showed a very disturbing fact. This behavior is four times more prevalent than illegal, discriminatory harassments due to race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, or age. It further showed that 72% of bullies are bosses. 55% of those who are bullied are rank-and-file employees. 77% end up leaving their jobs in order to escape the negative effects of bullying.
Recent studies conducted in 2009 showed that nearly two thirds of employees in the UK have experienced being bullied at work or have seen someone else undergoing the same predicament. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute nearly 71.5 million Americans are affected by bullying in the workplace. It is further estimated that 1 million US workers absent daily due to stress.
Studies in New Zealand stressed the "perception of threat". The usual targets of bullying behaviors are individuals who possess desirable qualities of competence, networking and emotional intelligence. The "bully" feels threatened by these characteristics. In order to reduce the Target's performance and self esteem the "bully" creates an coercive and unrelenting stream of harm. By doing this the workplace bully is able to stress his or her own self importance over the target. Often the bully makes it appear that he or she is better than his victim.
Efforts of varying degrees have been exerted to address the problems that workplace bullying caused in so many businesses. It may not be eradicated right away but it is a relief to know that governing bodies have shown interest on the matter.
This is good news for you and many others who experienced bullying at work at some point in your careers, either as a victim or a witness.
The issue may be grave but it is not something that cannot be resolved.
There is no need to carry the burden of maltreatment and unpleasant practices alone. Remember that it seems to thrive in many working environment nowadays.
The intensity of the effects of such negative behavior has grabbed the attention of many institutions all over the world. Terrifying scenarios have emerged over the years relating to such terrible practices. They have forced many companies to examine the disturbing effects this has on the human resource and the organizational productivity as a whole.
Various concerns have been raised about the subject matter which re-echo the experiences in your very own working environment.
The following are just some of the shocking revelations about the severity of workplace bullying today:
A study by Work Cover (ACT) in 2005 showed that the financial cost of workplace bullying to businesses in Australia can go greater than $36 billion. The problem is that these practices and therefor the costs steadily increase every year. This includes indirect costs brought by absenteeism, labor turnover, loss of productivity and legal costs. Even bigger expenses are expected when hidden and lost opportunity costs are considered.
In 2007 the result of the largest scientific survey of workplace bullying in the USA showed a very disturbing fact. This behavior is four times more prevalent than illegal, discriminatory harassments due to race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, or age. It further showed that 72% of bullies are bosses. 55% of those who are bullied are rank-and-file employees. 77% end up leaving their jobs in order to escape the negative effects of bullying.
Recent studies conducted in 2009 showed that nearly two thirds of employees in the UK have experienced being bullied at work or have seen someone else undergoing the same predicament. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute nearly 71.5 million Americans are affected by bullying in the workplace. It is further estimated that 1 million US workers absent daily due to stress.
Studies in New Zealand stressed the "perception of threat". The usual targets of bullying behaviors are individuals who possess desirable qualities of competence, networking and emotional intelligence. The "bully" feels threatened by these characteristics. In order to reduce the Target's performance and self esteem the "bully" creates an coercive and unrelenting stream of harm. By doing this the workplace bully is able to stress his or her own self importance over the target. Often the bully makes it appear that he or she is better than his victim.
Efforts of varying degrees have been exerted to address the problems that workplace bullying caused in so many businesses. It may not be eradicated right away but it is a relief to know that governing bodies have shown interest on the matter.
This is good news for you and many others who experienced bullying at work at some point in your careers, either as a victim or a witness.
The issue may be grave but it is not something that cannot be resolved.
Bullying Statistics Show School Violence Has Grown
A recent surge of bullying statistics has confirmed that it is growing through out the world. On a bus, classroom or playground bullies can seriously affect their targets life. This is not just simple teasing but violent acts directly harming millions of children. According to the statistics, one out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.
Despite the many earnest attempts at quelling the matter, a recent survey has shown that over 282,000 students are physically attacked each month. This is, however, not taking into account that most incidents go unreported for fear of retaliation. Experts agree that the best way to deal with bullies is to report them. Victims who are being bullied may also feel the need shelter their tormentors because of the social stigma that comes with. Bullies can be popular figures and going against them would mean social suicide. If a victim goes against a bully and loses friends as a result it might not be worth it to the victim
Bullying statistics show that children who have been abused are more likely to retaliate using guns. If you trace back any school shooting the aggressor has always been the victim of taunting or physical violence. This, thankfully, isn't always the case but rather a sober reminder to bullying run rampant. School Systems who adopt a zero tolerance policy have shown to have good results on bullying. Statistics illustrate that the real problem is in the teachers themselves. Often Teachers will treat the act as a right of passage for their students and not take action.
Despite the many earnest attempts at quelling the matter, a recent survey has shown that over 282,000 students are physically attacked each month. This is, however, not taking into account that most incidents go unreported for fear of retaliation. Experts agree that the best way to deal with bullies is to report them. Victims who are being bullied may also feel the need shelter their tormentors because of the social stigma that comes with. Bullies can be popular figures and going against them would mean social suicide. If a victim goes against a bully and loses friends as a result it might not be worth it to the victim
Bullying statistics show that children who have been abused are more likely to retaliate using guns. If you trace back any school shooting the aggressor has always been the victim of taunting or physical violence. This, thankfully, isn't always the case but rather a sober reminder to bullying run rampant. School Systems who adopt a zero tolerance policy have shown to have good results on bullying. Statistics illustrate that the real problem is in the teachers themselves. Often Teachers will treat the act as a right of passage for their students and not take action.
Bullying Statistics - How Parents Can Prepare Their Children
In the war against bullies it is clear where the front is: at school. That's where the vast majority of bullying occurs according to bullying statistics and is also where actions against bullying can have the greatest impact. But what steps should a parent take that wants to help their child deal with bullying?
If you fear for your child's well being while they are at school then you are not alone. Recent bullying statistics show that thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child's physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child's safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child's safety. With all this fear what can a responsible parent do in order to equip their child with the tools to fight bullying?
The best thing a parent can do to prepare their kid for bullying is to explain the mindset of the bully. Explain how recent bullying statistics show that most bullies come from homes with out affection and harsh disciplinary actions. Mention that bullies often suffer from low self esteem which results in making other people for worse to lift themselves up. Once this is explained it will empower your child and will raise his self esteem so bullying effects him little.
Parents can often feel helpless against the threat that their children face at school. But taking initiative and explaining the mindset behind bullying will result in greater understanding of bullies which can cause your child to be unaffected by them entirely.
If you fear for your child's well being while they are at school then you are not alone. Recent bullying statistics show that thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child's physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child's safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child's safety. With all this fear what can a responsible parent do in order to equip their child with the tools to fight bullying?
The best thing a parent can do to prepare their kid for bullying is to explain the mindset of the bully. Explain how recent bullying statistics show that most bullies come from homes with out affection and harsh disciplinary actions. Mention that bullies often suffer from low self esteem which results in making other people for worse to lift themselves up. Once this is explained it will empower your child and will raise his self esteem so bullying effects him little.
Parents can often feel helpless against the threat that their children face at school. But taking initiative and explaining the mindset behind bullying will result in greater understanding of bullies which can cause your child to be unaffected by them entirely.
Cyber Bullying Statistics And Definition
We hear the word "Cyber Bully" used a lot these days. It seems as though there is virtually no escape from the cowardly bullies of the world and now they are able to practice their evil deeds through just about any of the technologically advanced avenues available for us today!
But what exactly is it anyway?
One easy to describe definition of cyberbullying, is basically the use of the Internet, mobile or cell phones, email or other electronic media to post about, or directly attack another person.
This can mean personal attacks by SMS, FaceBook or emails for example and also indirect (but just as damaging) methods such as uploading posts or images to the Internet for all to see.
Many Cyber Bullying Statistics are growing rapidly and are quite alarming as a result. Have a read of these few random statistics and start to get a feel on how big this problem is.
For example, school students are reporting being cyber bullied or doing so to other students from as early as grade 2!
Boys are more likely to pick up this terrible habit early but by middle school, astoundingly, girls have become the main cyber bullies.
In a book written by Sameer Hinduja and Justin Patchin and published in 2008, the writers found that approximately 200 of the 2000 children surveyed from a local US school district had been cyber bullied sometime in the last 30 days. Nearly double this amount if the same sample reported being bullied in this way at least once in their lifetime!
Over 7000 students in Australia were surveyed in 2009. Some key findings out of this bullying survey was that cyber bullying increases with age with children in grade 9 nearly 4 times the likelihood of being cyber bullied than those in grade four.
A survey in 2005 by the National Children's Home charity and Tesco Mobile found that 70% of cyber bullying victims knew their bully. Less than a quarter of the time, cyber bullying victims told an authority figure such as a parent or teacher and sadly, 28% of victims did not tell anybody about the abuse.
These are only just a few of the many readily available cyber bullying statistics out there. As technology and social media networking becomes even more common, the chances for us our our children of being bullied increases by the day!
If you or your children or anyone you know is being cyber bullied then act fast to get them help as the effects can be tragic. Some common, easy to identify responses include lower self-esteem, increased suicidal ideation, and a variety of emotional responses, cyber bullying back, being scared, frustrated, angry, and depressed.
Tragically, some bullying campaigns are so targeted, hurtful and unrelenting that the victim commits suicide - an atrocity that simply can not be understood by anyone least of all the parents of the victim.
Protect your children from this electronic abuse by ensuring you have open communication so they feel safe and comfortable to report such abuse. Carefully monitor Internet access especially social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and watch out for cell phone abuse. Also watch carefully for the behavior of your child when they are on the net or receiving calls and messages. If it looks like they may be getting cyber bullied, step in and take direct action before it escalates.
But what exactly is it anyway?
One easy to describe definition of cyberbullying, is basically the use of the Internet, mobile or cell phones, email or other electronic media to post about, or directly attack another person.
This can mean personal attacks by SMS, FaceBook or emails for example and also indirect (but just as damaging) methods such as uploading posts or images to the Internet for all to see.
Many Cyber Bullying Statistics are growing rapidly and are quite alarming as a result. Have a read of these few random statistics and start to get a feel on how big this problem is.
For example, school students are reporting being cyber bullied or doing so to other students from as early as grade 2!
Boys are more likely to pick up this terrible habit early but by middle school, astoundingly, girls have become the main cyber bullies.
In a book written by Sameer Hinduja and Justin Patchin and published in 2008, the writers found that approximately 200 of the 2000 children surveyed from a local US school district had been cyber bullied sometime in the last 30 days. Nearly double this amount if the same sample reported being bullied in this way at least once in their lifetime!
Over 7000 students in Australia were surveyed in 2009. Some key findings out of this bullying survey was that cyber bullying increases with age with children in grade 9 nearly 4 times the likelihood of being cyber bullied than those in grade four.
A survey in 2005 by the National Children's Home charity and Tesco Mobile found that 70% of cyber bullying victims knew their bully. Less than a quarter of the time, cyber bullying victims told an authority figure such as a parent or teacher and sadly, 28% of victims did not tell anybody about the abuse.
These are only just a few of the many readily available cyber bullying statistics out there. As technology and social media networking becomes even more common, the chances for us our our children of being bullied increases by the day!
If you or your children or anyone you know is being cyber bullied then act fast to get them help as the effects can be tragic. Some common, easy to identify responses include lower self-esteem, increased suicidal ideation, and a variety of emotional responses, cyber bullying back, being scared, frustrated, angry, and depressed.
Tragically, some bullying campaigns are so targeted, hurtful and unrelenting that the victim commits suicide - an atrocity that simply can not be understood by anyone least of all the parents of the victim.
Protect your children from this electronic abuse by ensuring you have open communication so they feel safe and comfortable to report such abuse. Carefully monitor Internet access especially social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and watch out for cell phone abuse. Also watch carefully for the behavior of your child when they are on the net or receiving calls and messages. If it looks like they may be getting cyber bullied, step in and take direct action before it escalates.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Obesity Statistics
The most recent research statistics on growing obesity disclose a dangerously overweight world population. During the last 10 years, there was a dramatic increase in obesity in the world, especially in the United States, England, and Canada. Over the years, the occurrence of obesity has also steadily increased among all genders, ages, all education levels, and ethnic groups.
Obesity is a severe health condition where a person accumulates an abnormally high proportion of body fat. This condition can increase risk of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. The body mass index (BMI) is the common method used to determine obesity and is based on the relation between height and weight.
Obesity research shows that the condition of obese increase with age. Around 28% of men and 27% of women aged 16-24 are obese in the world. But, about 76% of men and 68% of women between 55 and 64 of ages are obese.
According to the American National Center for Health statistics, between 1962 and 2000, the number of obese people in the US raised from 13% to an alarming 31%. Today, about 63% of Americans are overweight (men and women are about equally represented) with a BMI of 25 or more.
Around 31% of US people (supplementary to overweight) are obese with a BMI in excess of 30. Compared to the past two decades, the percentage of childhood obesity in the US has more than tripled. If this trend continues, it is predicted that at least 1/3rd of US adults will be obese by 2020. The US surgeon general report reveals that morbid obesity is liable for thousands of deaths every year.
In England, approximately 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight (a BMI of 25-30), and an extra 17% of men and 21% of women are obese. Since the mid-1980's, the number of adults who are obese has doubled. According to the 2002 statistics, about 13% of 8 year olds and 17% of 15 year olds in the UK were obese.
Obesity is a severe health condition where a person accumulates an abnormally high proportion of body fat. This condition can increase risk of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. The body mass index (BMI) is the common method used to determine obesity and is based on the relation between height and weight.
Obesity research shows that the condition of obese increase with age. Around 28% of men and 27% of women aged 16-24 are obese in the world. But, about 76% of men and 68% of women between 55 and 64 of ages are obese.
According to the American National Center for Health statistics, between 1962 and 2000, the number of obese people in the US raised from 13% to an alarming 31%. Today, about 63% of Americans are overweight (men and women are about equally represented) with a BMI of 25 or more.
Around 31% of US people (supplementary to overweight) are obese with a BMI in excess of 30. Compared to the past two decades, the percentage of childhood obesity in the US has more than tripled. If this trend continues, it is predicted that at least 1/3rd of US adults will be obese by 2020. The US surgeon general report reveals that morbid obesity is liable for thousands of deaths every year.
In England, approximately 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight (a BMI of 25-30), and an extra 17% of men and 21% of women are obese. Since the mid-1980's, the number of adults who are obese has doubled. According to the 2002 statistics, about 13% of 8 year olds and 17% of 15 year olds in the UK were obese.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
National Child Abuse Statistics
Child abuse is one of the worst crimes in the world today and the national child abuse statistics are abysmal. There are 3 million reports of child abuse every year, with many of these resulting in deaths. The really sad part is that it is suspected there are actually 3 times more abuse and neglect cases that go unreported.
When you look more closely at the figures, you can see that it is unthinkable that so many children are mistreated and neglected, especially in the United States. According to the national child abuse statistics as of 2006, there was an estimated 3. 6 million cases reported. Of that number, 6 million involved children.
What does this say about the way children are treated in United States? Even a fraction of this number would be an atrocity. It shows, without a doubt, that many parents do not do what they should when it comes to caring for and protecting their children. In fact, many of those parents are the ones hurting their own children. This is simply unacceptable.
Every year the national child abuse statistics climb ever higher. Judging from the validated figures of 2006, there is not enough being done to slow this problem down. President Bush made April National Child Abuse Prevention Month. During this month, there are many programs, speeches and rallies to make people aware of how serious this problem is. There is also information available regarding assistance to victims and their families.
This doesn't seem to be helping stop the problem. The laws seem to be messed up on one end or the other. Some agencies are too quick to jump the gun and end up taking children away from parents who didn't do anything to harm them. Other agencies seem to just look the other way or are too slow to act, resulting in further harm, or even death, to the children.
In order to get the national child abuse statistics to go down instead of up, there needs to be new laws or rules in effect. These guidelines need to be followed strictly, rather than haphazardly. It is true that most public agencies are overworked with too few people. However, this should not be an excuse for not doing a proper job. If the budget needs to be raised so that these agencies can hire more people, then it needs to happen. Surely, the welfare of our country's children should be at least as high a priority as finding more oil.
When you look more closely at the figures, you can see that it is unthinkable that so many children are mistreated and neglected, especially in the United States. According to the national child abuse statistics as of 2006, there was an estimated 3. 6 million cases reported. Of that number, 6 million involved children.
What does this say about the way children are treated in United States? Even a fraction of this number would be an atrocity. It shows, without a doubt, that many parents do not do what they should when it comes to caring for and protecting their children. In fact, many of those parents are the ones hurting their own children. This is simply unacceptable.
Every year the national child abuse statistics climb ever higher. Judging from the validated figures of 2006, there is not enough being done to slow this problem down. President Bush made April National Child Abuse Prevention Month. During this month, there are many programs, speeches and rallies to make people aware of how serious this problem is. There is also information available regarding assistance to victims and their families.
This doesn't seem to be helping stop the problem. The laws seem to be messed up on one end or the other. Some agencies are too quick to jump the gun and end up taking children away from parents who didn't do anything to harm them. Other agencies seem to just look the other way or are too slow to act, resulting in further harm, or even death, to the children.
In order to get the national child abuse statistics to go down instead of up, there needs to be new laws or rules in effect. These guidelines need to be followed strictly, rather than haphazardly. It is true that most public agencies are overworked with too few people. However, this should not be an excuse for not doing a proper job. If the budget needs to be raised so that these agencies can hire more people, then it needs to happen. Surely, the welfare of our country's children should be at least as high a priority as finding more oil.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Drunk Driving Statistics
Drunk Driving Statistics
Between 1991 and 2009, the rate of drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 population has decreased 44% nationally, and 58% among those under 21. These statistics and others are positive indicators of the gains being made to fight drunk driving, and while The Century Council cannot claim to be the sole influence in these reductions, it is likely we have played a significant role in reaching these historic low levels. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 33,808 people died in traffic crashes in 2009 in the United States (latest figures available), including an estimated 10,839 people who were killed in drunk driving crashes involving a driver with an illegal BAC (.08 or greater).
Resources about Drunk Driving Statistics are taken from centurycouncil.org
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Domestic Violence Statistics
Domestic Violence Statistics
-Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted or beaten.
-Around the world, one out of every three women has been beaten, forced to have sex or tortured during his lifetime.
-Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.
-10 million children witness some form of domestic violence each year.
-Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a breakup.
-Every day in the United States, more than three women killed by husbands or boyfriends.
-92% of women surveyed listed reducing domestic violence and sexual violence as their main concern.
-Victims of domestic violence lose nearly 8 million paid workdays per year in the United States alone-the equivalent of 32,000 full-time job.
-Domestic Violence Statistics reports from 10 countries, between 55% and 95% of women who have been physically abused by their partners have never contacted NGOs, shelters, or police for help.
-The cost of intimate partner violence in the U.S. alone exceeded $ 5.8 billion per year: $ 4.1 billion is for direct medical and health care services while productivity losses account for nearly $ 1.8 billion.
-Men are like children witness domestic violence in their parents were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than children of parents without violence.
This Domestic Violence Statistics was taken from several sources on the Internet, but the main source of the Domestic Violence Statistics from here.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Abortion Statistics
ANNUAL ABORTION STATISTICS
* In 2008, approximately 1.21 million abortions took place in the U.S., down from an estimated 1.29 million in 2002, 1.31 million in 2000 and 1.36 million in 1996. From 1973 through 2005, more than 45 million legal abortions have occurred in the U.S. (AGI).
* In 2007, the highest number of reported legal induced abortions occurred in Florida (91,954), NYC (90,870), and Texas (80,886); the fewest occurred in Wyoming (9), South Dakota (707), and North Dakota (1,235) (CDC).
* The 2007 abortion ratios by state ranged from a low of 58 abortions per 1,000 live births in Idaho and South Dakota (Wyoming had too few abortions for reliable tabulation) to a high of 737 abortions per 1,000 live births in NYC (CDC).
* The annual number of legal induced abortions in the United States doubled between 1973 and 1979, and peaked in 1990. There was a slow but steady decline through the 1990's. The number of annual abortions decreased by 2% between 2000 and 2007, with a slight spike in 2006. (CDC)
* In 1998, the last year for which estimates were made, more than 23% of legal induced abortions were performed in California (CDC).
* In 2005, the abortion rate in the United States was higher than recent rates reported for Canada and Western European countries and lower than rates reported for China, Cuba, the majority of Eastern European countries, and certain Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union (CDC).
* Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended; about 4 in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. Twenty-two percent of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion. (AGI).
Really surprising seeing Abortion Statistics on top, sometimes I wondering why they do abortions, On average, women give at least 3 reasons for choosing abortion: 3/4 say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or other responsibilities; about 3/4 say they cannot afford a child; and 1/2 say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner (AGI), Abortion Statistics above taken from several sources that exist on the internet, if you want to look at other statistics that you can see my first post about Bullying Statistics.
Bullying Statistics
Bullying statistics show an increase from year to year, bullying usually occurs to young adults, teens and children. bullying often occurs in schools and online, the rise in bullying these statistics is Likely due to a fairly recent form of bullying seen in recent years Called cyber bullying.Bullying statistics
-42% of children while online with the intimidated one way, from 4 ways verbal and more than once.
-35% of children have been threatened online
-58% of children and teens have reported that something mean has been said about them or to them online.
-77% of students have admitted to being the victim of one type of bullying or another.
-46% of males followed by 26% of females have admitted to being victims in physical fights as reported in one report of bullying statistics by the Bureau of Justice School.
Bullying Statistics shows that cyber bullying is on the rise more so than any other type of bullying, Many students report seeing these types of bullying in chat rooms, social networking websites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com. Another one of the best Airways to handle bullying to help lower these numbers are reported in bullying statistics is open communication.
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