Pro-life or Pro-choice

One of the biggest issues facing the church today is abortion. In my privous post I mention that this would be coming. Well here it is. In our contemporary issues class we talked about this for two class periods.

Here are some interesting things that I learned about abortion:

Demographics

56% are in their 20s
61% have on or more children
67% have never been married
57% are economically disadvantaged
88% live in a metropolitan area
78% report a religious affiliation
Black women are 4x as likely to have an abortion than white women & Hispanic women are 2.5x as likely
43% identify themselves as Protestant
2/3 of abortions are of unmarried women
Abortion Totals (unless specified the totals are for America Only)
- 44.5 million (since 1/22/73)
- 1.5 million (per year)
- 4,100 (daily)
- 180 (hourly)
- 1 out of every 67 deaths in the world
- 1 out of every 4 deaths in America
- Abortions out number the total fatalities of all 12 wars America has participated in COMBINED!!
- ½ of the world’s deaths are abortions!

Is the unborn child a human life

At concemption, the entire genetic make-up fo the child is in place
by day 22, the heart beats with the child’s own blood
week 5 – develoment of eyes, legs, feet
week 6 – detectable brain waves
week 8 – every organ is in place
weeks 9/10 – teeth form, baby can turn head, frown
week 11 – baby can grasp objects, organs are functional, fingerprints exist, as well as nerves
week 12 – end of first trimester, baby has everything it needs to experience pain.
Week 17 – babies dream