"In the absence of hard data, the abortion industry has already
demonstrated their willingness to supply the press with any number they
deem useful. Could the Guttmacher Institute be doing the same thing
today? A similar question struck me as I researched abortion in Japan.
Remarkably, Mariko Kato reports
that the abortion rate in Japan is well below that of the US, roughly
9.3 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49 (verses 19.6 in the United
States). But then I read
that Japanese 'obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) have long
underreported abortions to avoid paying taxes on the income they
generate.' In places where abortion is legal, it's generally in the
industry's best interest to underreport. In places where abortion is
illegal, it is always in their best interest to overreport. All that to
say, arguments based on statistics are dangerous because statistics are
often unreliable"
- Mike Spielman
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