by APFLI | May 27, 2016 | Family Breakdown Issues, Right to Life - Archive
In the United States, abusive head trauma (AHT) is one of the leading causes of maltreatment fatalities among infants and children, accounting for approximately one third of these deaths (1). Monitoring trends in AHT and evaluating prevention strategies have...
by APFLI | May 20, 2016 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates for Females and Males, by Method — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2000 and 2014 From 2000 to 2014, the age-adjusted suicide rate increased from 4.0 to 5.8 per 100,000 for females and from 17.7 to 20.7 for males....
by APFLI | May 4, 2016 | Possible Adverse Effects, Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
In an attempt to prove abortion safer than childbirth, Vox compares two data points from the Centers for Disease Control that the CDC itself has said are not comparable. It’s understandable that pro-abortion advocates were eager to circulate a Vox video purporting to...
by APFLI | Nov 25, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, General Information / History / Stats / Types
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states,...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | STDs - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, STDs / STIs
Gonorrhea is a highly contagious sexually transmitted bacterial infection, sometimes referred to as the ‘clap’. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest tracking suggests that resistance went down between 2011 and 2013 to the...