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To: Les H who wrote (11178)	10/26/1998 7:51:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

But Les, isn't it sort of a stretch to go from that paragraph on black abortion rates to "As I suspected, the increase and decrease in abortion rates is primarily linked to the demographic shifts taking place."? I had seen an earlier article that by 2000-2002 half of 18 year-olds would be hispanic and asian immigrant. This would seem to indicate that teen births would decline if the group with the highest abortion rate were to decline as a proportion. First of all, "half of 18 year-olds would be hispanic and asian immigrant" seems a bit high for 2 years from now. Maybe in California. This doesn't say anything about black demographics, either. "An earlier article" is a bit vague as a citation, so it's hard to say. As to the hispanic angle, from your link, ama-assn.org : Hispanic women in these reporting areas, the abortion ratio was 265 per 1,000 live births — slightly lower than the ratio for non-Hispanics in the same areas (280 per 1,000). However, the abortion rate per 1,000 Hispanic women (20 per 1,000 women) was greater than the rate per 1,000 non-Hispanic women (15 per 1,000). In light of these "opinions", would you like to rethink your "facts"? As I suspected, the increase and decrease in abortion rates is primarily linked to the demographic shifts taking place. Maybe it's all because of the Asians.