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Igel

(36,517 posts)
10. There are two ways of understanding the assertion.
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 10:16 PM
Jan 2019

One is, "Of the 100 million Xian women, __% have had an abortion." And you go down the list, with the percentage of Muslims, Zoroastrians, Mithraists, etc., etc., who've aborted at least one fetus.

The other is, "Of the total population of American women who have had abortions, ______% say they're Xian." Or Muslims, Zoroastrians, Astral Plane walkers, whatever.

I think it's fairly clear that the chart must be the second. In which it makes sense that the chart fairly closely resembles America's demographics. It's easier to think that 27% of all abortions are on Catholic women than 27% of all Catholic women have had abortions.

Personally, I find one bit distressing for its dimwittedness. "Within these surprising findings lies an unsettling symptom of anti-abortion culture, which often shames women who terminate pregnancies."

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How ironic. nt SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #1
These statistics need to be adjusted. IphengeniaBlumgarten Jan 2019 #2
Yes, it's not clear from the graphic whether the percentage is catrose Jan 2019 #5
How do they need to be adjusted? Mariana Jan 2019 #9
There are two ways of understanding the assertion. Igel Jan 2019 #10
Shouldn't be surprising to anyone who has watched good Christians outside women's clinics Major Nikon Jan 2019 #14
You don't adjust statistics, at least honestly Major Nikon Jan 2019 #12
Even IF these numbers are skewed... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #3
Pretty proportional to the population. MineralMan Jan 2019 #4
If it is porportional, it means... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #13
To me it means they should be handing out rubbers instead of wafers Major Nikon Jan 2019 #15
Or it simply means that abortions have to do MineralMan Jan 2019 #16
It's not what they preach... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #18
Yes. Hypocrisy is endemic, for sure. MineralMan Jan 2019 #26
They make up the largest denomination so I would expect these results since the anti abortion groups wasupaloopa Jan 2019 #6
Whichever way the data are supposed to be taken TlalocW Jan 2019 #7
More support for littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #8
We like to quote studies that show all kinds of things. Igel Jan 2019 #11
Indeed, there are a variety of ways to get numbers to lie for our own benefit. littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #25
How do those numbers compare to the percentages of those PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #17
I bet most people who drive cars are Christian, too. Iggo Jan 2019 #20
The difference being "christians" don't preach that driving a car is... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #21
I'm just saying... Iggo Jan 2019 #22
I agree but I am pointing out that their "christianity" doesn't... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #23
I agree with you on that part. They're hypocrites. It is known. Iggo Jan 2019 #24
I wish "duh" had more syllables, so I could put -fucking- in between them. Iggo Jan 2019 #19
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