The Texas debate over women's abortion rights continues to be plagued by lies. Considering this is such an enormous lie and it has gone mostly unchallenged by those interviewing Perry it is safe to say this is all for the purposes of political propaganda.
Rick Perry made his case for legislation to step up standards for Texas abortion clinics partly by saying abortions are common. "Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country," Perry said on the July 1, 2013, edition of Bill Bennett’s "Morning in America" radio program. He made a similar statement the same morning on KFYO, 790 AM in Lubbock.
Currently the population of the USA is composed of 50.8% women. In 2012 the census showed a population of 313,914,040 in the USA. That means there are 159,468,332 women. Approximately 46.3 percent are of non-child bearing age, IF one calls child bearing age to begin at the age of 18. That leaves 85,634,494 women of child bearing age of 18 or older and less than 65 years old.
Current statistics as of 2012 show a reflection in the drop in abortions in the USA to about 1.2 million per year in the USA. These include teenage, unwed mothers as well as mature women able to make their own decisions about their lives. Abortion is allowed by many religions as a matter a woman has to discern herself. The USA is host to many religions, including Christianity a Abrahamic religion, but all peoples have the same rights. These laws remove the safety of women to have care in ways that protect their own lives and that of their families.
Considering of the 85,634,494 women of childbearing age over the age of 18 in the USA, that means less than 1.5% of those women seek abortion as an answer to their pregnancy outcomes. Those are very rough statistics and when the field is more accurate the percentage may show as many as 1.75% at the very most.
The CDC table below shows the surgical "Short Stay" procedures performed in the USA in 2010. (click here)
Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.4 million
Cesarean section:1.3 million
The Governor has been caught lying.
I remind Governor Perry stated:
"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country," Perry said on the July 1, 2013.
That means one can compare all surgeries, including those in hospitals to the abortion rate and not just in a focused view of "Short Stay Procedures" which would make the Governor's lie, not just a lie, but a real whopper.
