Roe v. Wade’s legacy: 52 million abortions and counting

Sun, Jan. 23, 2011
By PAM FICHTER
President of Missouri Right to Life.

Excerpt:
Under the banner of “choice,” 52 million children have been legally aborted in the last 38 years. The legacy of Roe and Doe affects all of society in many ways.

While some promote abortion as a “woman’s right,” organizations like Silent No More testify to the physical and emotional consequences of abortion to women. Some women who have had abortions suffer higher rates of sterility, miscarriage, depression, substance abuse and suicide. Some studies worldwide find their risk of breast cancer increases.

Abortion disproportionately affects the black community. While black women represent only 13 percent of the female population of the United States, they obtain 35 percent of U.S. abortions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, abortions have killed more blacks than many diseases.

To visualize the significance of 52 million abortions, consider that this number represents the cumulative populations of 18 states: Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.  the rest