This past weekend was observed by many as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.
One very disconcerting problem I have with prolifers locally, regionally, nationally, internationally is that we draw on numbers that are false to tell about abortion's impact on the nation.
In 1988, during the Webster case, NBC was quoted on air as stating that according to their research, there were 2,800 such women's centers in the United States. Now we know that number has been drastically reduced over these past ten years because of the consistent nature of the Operation Rescue movement attacking the sources of the problem. They are this movement's Green Berets, the Minute Me of the movement. Further, the numbers of centers has decreased because of the growing expansion of pregnancy resource centers, abstinence trainers and full medical model centers.
However, in 1988, the two sources of data: (1) AGI (Alan Guttemacher Institute) and (2) CDC (Centers for Disease Control) told us that 1.5 million abortions had occurred in 1987. Yet, in 1986 one year earlier, the First SamSung Symposium on Type 1 Junvenile Diabetes was held in San Jose, Ca. The topic: Fetal Harvesting. The doctors speaking presented a white paper addressing the problem of 2 million cases of Type1 Juvenile Diabetes with barely 500 adult donors of pancreatic tissue. In the presentation one doctor argued for the use of aborted babies to be the source of donors to match the needs of 2 million cases.
His statement said something so revealing I am shocked more of the media, more of the prolifers have refused to acknowledge it. He said "Gentlemen, we (the other doctors in the symposium) know that we abort 5 million a year in the United States." While he went on to show how abortion could be sold to the pregnant woman as a means to "donate" the remains of their abortion to medical science, and how to collect, store and ship the needed tissues for use by these doctors.
5 MILLION! That figure was in 1986 far greater, nearly 5x greater than any number ever published by the media or the prolife movement.
Do the math: IF NBC was correct we know the abortion trade in 1987 was about 2800 centers.
In 1990, we infliltrated PPFA's 50th anniversary convention in Dallas, TX and was able to attend the Consortium of Abortion Providers meeting. In the handout they provided, it showed that of the 100 at-that-time abortion centers operated by Planned Parenthood, New York reported 14,000 a year while Walnut Creek Ca reported 8,000, Houston 4,000. The smaller centers located in smaller cities averaged 2000 abortions a year. Now, multiply 2000 average number of abortions done by Planned Barrenhood's abortionists times the NBC number of 2800. What do you get? My calculator shows 5,600,000!
The "trade" has for 35 years lied to the public.
The 1.5 million number is fabricated at best and is told to us as the "reported number," thus everyone in prolife quotes that same old number.
Ask yourself: Where does the reported number come from? A) from the Alan Guttemacher report of its view of the abortion trade. This report occurs sometimes 3 to 5 years apart. B) From the CDC. The CDC researcher told me personally that their number is generated by a survey of the abortion trade conducted by the CDC annually. The Annual survey is sent, according to my source, to approximately 10% of the trade. It is a voluntary report. There is no law or regulation requiring the report. Of the 10% who get the survey, I was told only 10% actually return the form. Thus, with only 10% of 10% of the abortion trade the 'actual' reported number comes in at 1.2 or 1.5 or 1.3 each year. With the help and complicity of the drive-by liberal media, it has been convenient to keep the number steady across the entire 35 year span.
However, the real numbers are far greater than we ever believed possible.
BUT THIS ISN'T THE REST OF THE STORY.
Divide those 2800 known abortion centers into the magic 1.5 million "reported number." What do you get? My calculator shows 535.
Am I stupid enough to believe that 2800 abortion centers remained open with only 535 abortions a year? That's only 1.5 abortions a day!!!!
Next, divide 2800 known abortion centers into the reported 5 million "known" number. What do you get? My calculator shows 1,785.
That number is still 'lower' than Planned Parenthood's own average of 2,000. This number, however, still only accounts for about 7 abortions a day per center assuming they were open only 5 days a week.
Having been located next door to a clinic during the years 1984-1987, I personally counted my neighbor's traffic. I saw with my own eyes 40 -50 go in every Saturday morning. During the week the lowest day, Monday, was only 10 while other days averaged 20 -30.
Talking to the women who came to my organization to go through our after abortion recovery (http://freemetolive.com) we were told by many that when they went into the office, they were in a room filled with women. I heard from our clients 20 - 30 - 40 or more in the room.
So Friends, when you tell people about abortion, tell the truth! Why are we so quick to blindly quote only the "reported" number?
I suggest you do your own homework, uncover the truth, and dispell the 35 year LIE we have been fed.
Abortion is killing America.
Our population is far below replenishment level
We do not have millions of 35 year olds now running our businesses, earning their high incomes just from 1972.
Nor do we have millions of college age kids aborted in the 80s.
Nor do we have millions of school age kids in school today aborted in the 90s and 2000s.
Think about it!
From Me to You!
