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To: tsigprofit who wrote (11593)	6/14/2004 2:55:24 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES. Scientific American (October, 1996, page 28) reports that about half of all women in this country will have an abortion at some point in their life. The Alan Guttmacher Institute in New York reports that Catholic women have abortions at a 29% higher rate than Protestant women. In US News and World Report (August 19, 1996, page 8) is a report that women who claim no religious affiliation are four times as likely to have an abortion as are religious women, but 18% of abortion patients describe themselves as evangelical Christians or born-again Christians. ............. Fascinating stuff.

To: tsigprofit who wrote (11593)	6/14/2004 11:28:28 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

See - Who Gets Abortions? wprc.org Catholics and Jews tend to have average abortion rates compared to the nation as a whole (that is the percentage of abortions performed on these groups is close to their percentage of the 15-44 female population). Protestants have a lower than average abortion rate (this is even more true for "born again/evangelical" women) while those with no religion have a relatively high abortion rate. Among major racial/ethnic groups, 31% of abortions are performed on black women but only 14% of women 15-44 are black. 20% of abortions are performed on hispanic women though only 10.6% of women 15-44 are hispanic. All in all, demographic groups that are known to be more likely to vote Democratic also have a higher abortion rate. It seems obvious that abortion will have a demographic impact over a period of decades. And one of these demographic impacts is that the pool of people likely to be liberal Democrats will be smaller as a result of abortion.