"So the "billions of lives" that you claimed were "saved" as opposed to the millions of lives actually taken through abortion were not actually "saved" at all. "
My context was clear. Contraception saves lives. Penicillin saves lives. THAT IS WHY AMERICANS (most of whom are CHRISTIANS) use a world record amount of contraceptives. Get your head out of your ass and fly straight for Christ's sake.
WHO NEEDS CONTRACEPTIVES?• There are 61 million U.S. women in their childbearing years (15–44). [ 1] About 43 million of them (70%) are at risk of unintended pregnancy—that is, they are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant, but could become pregnant if they and their partners fail to use a contraceptive method correctly and consistently.[ 2]
• Couples who do not use any method of contraception have an approximately 85% chance of experiencing a pregnancy over the course of a year.[ 3]
• The typical U.S. woman wants only two children. To achieve this goal, she must use contraceptives for roughly three decades.[ 4]
WHO USES CONTRACEPTIVES? • More than 99% of women aged 15–44 who have ever had sexual intercourse have used at least one contraceptive method.[ 5]
• Some 62% of all women of reproductive age are currently using a contraceptive method.[ 2]
• Ten percent of women at risk of unintended pregnancy are not currently using any contraceptive method.[ 1]
• The proportion of women at risk who are not using a method is highest among 15–19-year-olds (18%) and lowest among women aged 40–44 (9%).[ 2]
• Eighty-three percent of black women who are at risk of unintended pregnancy currently use a contraceptive method, compared with 91% of their Hispanic and white peers, and 90% of Asian women.[ 2]
•Ninety-two percent of at-risk women with incomes of 300% or more of the federal poverty level are currently using contraceptives, compared with 89% among those living at 0–149% of the poverty line.[ 2]
• A much higher proportion of married women than of never-married women use a contraceptive method (77% vs. 42%). This is largely because married women are more likely to be sexually active. But even among those at risk of unintended pregnancy, contraceptive use is higher among currently married women than among never-married women (93% vs. 83%).[ 2]
• Unmarried cohabitors fall between married women and unmarried women who are not cohabiting with their partner; 90% of at-risk cohabitors use a method.[ 2]
• Contraceptive use is common among women of all religious denominations. Eighty-nine percent of at-risk Catholics and 90% of at-risk Protestants currently use a contraceptive method. Among sexually experienced religious women, 99% of Catholics and Protestants have ever used some form of contraception. [ 6]
• Knowledge about contraceptive methods is a strong predictor of use among young adults: In a 2012 study among unmarried women aged 18–29, for each correct response on a contraceptive knowledge scale, women’s odds of currently using a hormonal or long-acting reversible method increased by 17%, and their odds of using no method decreased by 17%.[ 7] |
