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Plan B has now been made Available Over-The-Counter (OTC) for Girls Under 18

(April, 2009)

“I am a board certified internal medicine physician in Amarillo, TX. I have spent 10 years working in Indigent Care. I do NOT support the idea of allowing Emergency Contraception (EC) to be dispensed over the counter.

"How can the low dose OC be regulated by prescription, but allow the higher dose of the same medicine be allowed to be sold OTC? EC is a serious medicine, with serious related medical implications. If EC is available OTC, who will be responsible for following the patient?

"Who is liable if the patient has a serious health consequence?  At what point did giving a potent reproductive related medication without having an established chain of responsibility become good medicine?

"A significant market for this EC would be assumed to be youth. If a girl is under 18 and trying to hide her consumption of and need for birth control, this OTC might appeal to her. However, the adverse consequences could be significant. It would seem to allow for safer sex, so I assume many women would have sex more frequently.

"I am very concerned the rate of STDs, including HIV, will rise as a result. As EC would be available with no restrictions, I assume many women would use it repeatedly, and quite possibly continuously. This is a very bad idea that needs to go away…”

[from AAPLOG, J. DeCook MD, 27Feb04]

 
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ABORTION FACTS

Planned Parenthood performed 332,278 abortions in 2009.

Source: http://www.plannedparenthood.org

Planned Parenthood's current ratio of abortions to adoption referrals is 340:1

In 2009 they performed 332,278 abortions, and made 977 adoption referrals.
Source: http://www.plannedparenthood.org

There were, 25,196 abortions reported in Cook County, Illinois in 2009.

On average, that equates to one life destroyed every 21 minutes.

Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort09.htm


African American Abortion Ratio in New York City (2009): 59.8%

Live Births: 27,405
Induced Abortions: 40,798

Source: New York City Department of Heath and Mental Hygiene/ Bureau of Vital Statistics for 2009
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2009sum.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vs/vs.shtml


Caucasian Abortion Ratio in New York City (2009): 20.4%

Live Births: 38,438
Induced Abortions: 9,853

Source: New York City Department of Heath and Mental Hygiene/ Bureau of Vital Statistics for 2009
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2009sum.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vs/vs.shtml


Percent of lives lost to abortion in New York City (2009):

• 46.7% African American (national average is 37%)
• 32.5% Hispanic
• 11.3% Caucasian

Source: New York City Department of Heath and Mental Hygiene/ Bureau of Vital Statistics for 2009
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2009sum.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vs/vs.shtml


Since 1973, the year of the Supreme Court Decision Roe vs. Wade, 13 million African American lives have been lost to abortion.

Source: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

More African American babies have been killed by abortions since 1973 than the total number of African American deaths from AIDS, violent crimes, accidents, cancer and heart disease combined.

Approximate number of African American deaths since 1973:
Abortion: 13+ Million
Heart Disease: 2.26 Million
Cancer: 1.64 Million
Accidents: 307,723 Violent Crimes: 306,313 AIDS: 203,649

Source: Based on cumulative statistics provided by the US center for Disease Control; accessed at: http://blackgenocide.org/?negro.html

An African American baby is three times more likely to be aborted than a white baby.

Today, African Americans account for 12.8% of the American population, but African American women receive 35% of all abortions.

Source: 2010 US Census Data http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
CDC Abortion Surveillance Report 11/26/04 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/?preview/mmwrhtml/ss5212a1.htm


Of the approximately 4,000 abortions that are performed daily in the United States, 1,452 of them take the lives of African American children.

Source: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Total U.S. Abortions since 1973: 52,000,000+

Source:, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Statistics (CDC), Guttmacher Institute, National Right To Life Fact Sheet, http://www.christianliferesources.com/?/library/view.php&articleid=104

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