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Honeycombe8

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1. I don't know how they could know exact percentages of race for abortions...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2019, 09:37 PM

May 2019

The medical records are private, and I didn't think that records were digital and national yet.

BTW, I've always thought this was one reason the Republicans push so hard for electronic records. Once medical records are linked nationally for people, the govt could get in and get the names and data of those who have had abortions, and the doctors performing them.

I read once a few years ago that conservatives who are concerned about whites becoming a minority in the U.S. think that abortion plays a part in that, since they believe that white women get more abortions than any other race.

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Matt Bevin tells Tucker Carlson that abortion bans will benefit African Americans [View all] TexasTowelie May 2019 OP

I don't know how they could know exact percentages of race for abortions... Honeycombe8 May 2019 #1

Stat coming from Kaiser Family Foundation. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #2

Thanks. There it is. The race that has the most abortions is WHITE. 49%. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #4

Really doubt that is a selling point with the MAGA crowd Va Lefty May 2019 #3

Well isn't that rich! Black lives matter when it comes to abortions but not blacks unarmed shot dead tulipsandroses May 2019 #5