#2237 (3/10) PRO-LIFE SAT: "22 Million U.S. Women Can’t Celebrate “International Women’s Day” Because They Were Aborted"

"22 MILLION U.S. WOMEN CAN'T CELEBRATE "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY" BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED" - Katie Yoder, MAR 8, 2018; http://www.lifenews.com/2018/03/08/22-million-u-s-women-cant-celebrate-international-womens-day-because-they-were-aborted/ [AS I SEE IT: These days, those of us who are pro-life are called "anti-women." This article points out the hypocrisy of that label when you consider the TENS OF MILLIONS of unborn WOMEN who have been the victims of abortions the past 45+ years. Also, what's not mentioned in this article are the HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of  women who have been aborted WORLDWIDE because of abortion during just the past decades. - Stan]

      As the many in the liberal media recognize International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, here’s a number they’ll likely overlook: 22 million women missing in the United States due to abortion.

On Thursday, the media rightly celebrated International Women’s Day. But when many in the media say “women,” they don’t mean every women. All too often, they not only exclude pro-life women, but also blatantly disregard the millions of women violently destroyed in the womb. Just look at the discrepancy of coverage between events like the Women’s March and the March for Life.

According to data from the U.S. government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States has performed more than 45 million abortions from 1970, when New York and three other states legalized abortion, to 2014, the most recent year for which the CDC has published abortion numbers.

Since women make up roughly 49% of the U.S. birthrate population, that means more than 22 million women are missing today because their lives were cut short by abortion. And that’s not even accounting for the sex-selective abortions that target unborn baby girls in this country.

To put that in perspective, 22 million makes more than twice the population of New York City and even more than the entire state of New York. It’s more people than the population of countries like Cuba (11.5 million), Switzerland (8.5 million), Ireland (4.8 million) and just 2.5 million fewer than Australia (24.5 million).

While the CDC reports more than 45 million abortions from 1970 to 2014, that number is very conservative. Central health agencies voluntarily provide abortion information, and many states refuse to participate. In the the most recent CDC report released in 2017 for the year 2014 (there’s a lag), California, Maryland, and New Hampshire declined to submit abortion numbers. In fact, California hasn’t reported numbers since 1998 – and could arguably perform more abortions than any other state because of its size and population.

As America’s largest abortion provider, taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood also plays a role. The abortion giant has committed roughly 7.6 million abortions since 1973, the year the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in this country.

Number of U.S. Abortions Reported to CDC 1970 – 2014:

2014: 652,639
2013: 664,435
2012: 699,202
2011: 730,322
2010: 765,651
2009: 784,507
2008: 825,564
2007: 827,609
2006: 846,181
2005: 820,151
2004: 839,226
2003: 848,163
2002: 854,122
2001: 853,485
2000: 857,475
1999: 861,789
1998: 884,273
1997: 1,186,039
1996: 1,225,937
1995: 1,210,883
1994: 1,267,415
1993: 1,330,414
1992: 1,359,146
1991: 1,388,937
1990: 1,429,247
1989: 1,396,658
1988: 1,371,285
1987: 1,353,671
1986: 1,328,112
1985: 1,328,570
1984: 1,333,521
1983: 1,268,987
1982: 1,303,980
1981: 1,300,760
1980: 1,297,606
1979: 1,251,921
1978: 1,157,776
1977: 1,079,430
1976: 988,267
1975: 854,853
1974: 763,476
1973: 615,831
1972: 586,760
1971: 485,816
1970: 193,491
TOTAL: 45,273,583 U.S. MEN AND WOMEN ABORTED

49% OF TOTAL: 22,184,055 U.S. WOMEN ABORTED

Methodology: MRC Culture used Table 2 from the 2005 CDC Abortion Surveillance Report for the years 1970 to 2005. For 2006 to 2014, MRC Culture looked at each year’s individual CDC Abortion Surveillance Report.

[italics and bold emphasis mine]

LifeNews Note: Katie Yoder writes for Newsbusters, where this originally appeared.