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Apr. 19th, 2007 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
Am I reading this bit correctly? Does
More than one million abortions are performed in the United States each year, according to recent statistics. Nearly 90 per cent of those occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and are not affected by Wednesday's ruling.
mean that on the order of 100,000 abortions a year will be affected by this ruling?
Am I reading this bit correctly? Does
More than one million abortions are performed in the United States each year, according to recent statistics. Nearly 90 per cent of those occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and are not affected by Wednesday's ruling.
mean that on the order of 100,000 abortions a year will be affected by this ruling?