Abortions Continue to Decline in Wisconsin.The number of abortions in Wisconsin continues to decline, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Not only did the number drop from 9,817 in 2005 to 9,580 in 2006 (the third year in a row that the figure declined), this represents "the lowest recorded number of abortions in our state since 1974!" said an ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life. "In addition, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing child·bear·ing n. Pregnancy and parturition. child  bear ing adj. age) remains at 8, which is one of the
lowest abortion rates in the nation," Lyons said. The national rate
is nearly twice as large15 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and
44.
Put into historical perspective, Lyons said, Wisconsin RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; "estimates that, cumulatively, 62,206 human lives have been saved in Wisconsin since 1987." Lyons offered a three-fold explanation for the decline in the number of abortions. 1. Younger people are far more pro-life than their predecessors. 2. Wisconsin Right to Life's educational efforts are reaching millions of Wisconsin residents each year. 3. Pro-life public policies initiated by Wisconsin Right to Life have a dramatic impact on the abortion decline. According to the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , Sue Armacost, legislative director for Wisconsin Right to Life, "singled out a 1996 law that requires women who are seeking an abortion to receive a variety of information about their pregnancy and wait at least 24 hours before the procedure can be done." "It is clear that the strategies of Wisconsin Right to Life are working," said Lyons. "There is nothing more satisfying than knowing that thousands of babies have been spared a violent death from abortion. We commend com·mend tr.v. com·mend·ed, com·mend·ing, com·mends 1. To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend. 2. To express approval of; praise. See Synonyms at praise. 3. our supporters and volunteers for their tremendous, selfless self·less adj. Having, exhibiting, or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish: "Volunteers need both selfish and selfless motives to sustain their interest" Natalie de Combray. dedication which has so greatly contributed to the decline in abortion deaths." Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D., NRLC's director of education, completely concurred. "The more people are exposed to the wonders of human life," he said, "the more they hear about practical and positive alternatives to abortion, the more they choose life." |
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