Are most abortionists men?

[livingwordunity]

I just wonder because every time I hear about an abortionist it’s a man. Anyone have any credible stats on this?

 

[rossum]

I just wonder because every time I hear about an abortionist it’s a man. Anyone have any credible stats on this?

IIRC, most doctors are men, so you would have to run a comparison of the proportion of male doctors with the proportion of male abortionists.

I’m afraid I can’t help you with the actual figures.

rossum

 

[LisaA]

I just wonder because every time I hear about an abortionist it’s a man. Anyone have any credible stats on this?

Interesting question. I did a quick search and got nowhere. Apparently 74% of the medical students entering OBGYN residencies are female. According to the following article female OBGYNs are more likely to perform abortions.

health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/2011/08/24/only-1-in-7-obgyns-now-perform-abortions-survey-finds

But the number who will perform them is declining (YAY!!), particularly the later term abortions. I believe that the Sundance Film Festival film on the successors to Tiller the Killer had two female late term abortionists. Two were women. One named Susan Robinson but I couldn’t get the other. The infamous and grisly abortionist Dr Carhart was one of them and was defiant that people who tried to stop him were “terrorists…” and he was carrying on Dr Tiller’s mission…yikes.

What I suspect is that performing this procedure has more to do with how competent you are at doing something else. Gosnell did abortions although he wasn’t an obgyn because he was such a poor doctor that these were the only patients he could attract: poor and desperate.

Lisa

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

But I would also tend to believe that the “face” of the political pressure groups that have succeeded in enshrining abortion as a fundamental “right” is largely female: NARAL, National Organization of Women, etc.

 

[chero23]

I heard on the catholic radio yesterday, in Spanish, well they said that most babies who are aborted are women.

 

[LisaA]

But I would also tend to believe that the “face” of the political pressure groups that have succeeded in enshrining abortion as a fundamental “right” is largely female: NARAL, National Organization of Women, etc.

Good point as the spokesmen for abortion are almost all females these days…from Cecile Richards to Wendy Davis to Kathleen Sebelius (a BIG SUPPORTER OF TILLER THE KILLER!!!) and of course Debbie Wasserman Schulz…she of the angry hair.

It’s ironic that women are so supportive of abortion rights when in fact abortion has been far better for MEN than for women. After all men used to be responsible and either marry the woman they impregnanted or at least would support the child. Now many many women are at the abortuary due to pressure from their male partner who wants to have fun without consequences. Women were sure sold a pig in a poke with “feminism…”

Lisa

 

[Nimzovik]

But I would also tend to believe that the “face” of the political pressure groups that have succeeded in enshrining abortion as a fundamental “right” is largely female: NARAL, National Organization of Women, etc.

Yes. Feminism (not the gender of woman, which God himself created) is responsible for abortion and many other related ills in our nation.

Why a Catholic would refer to themselves as a Feminist is as baffling to me as a 'Catholic" Obama supporter.

Be a Catholic!! Advocate for** both** sexes!!

 

[CatholicGuy22]

No I think that is an unfair generalization but thats what ignorant people on the pro-choice want you to think. They paint a picture of the oppressive males telling women what to do.

 

[VanSensei]

I heard on the catholic radio yesterday, in Spanish, well they said that most babies who are aborted are women.

There is no Y chromosome until about the 13th week of pregnancy. Therefore, yeah, most aborted are women.

 

[nodito]

There is no Y chromosome until about the 13th week of pregnancy. Therefore, yeah, most aborted are women.

No. A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes (or 46 total) at the moment of conception. We don’t get any additional chromosomes at any point during our lifespan. You are male or female from the moment of conception. Perhaps you are thinking of when the external genital organs become visible?

It is probably true that more female babies are aborted but I suspect this is because of the preference of parents for sons rather than daughters.

 

[McMcMe]

There is no Y chromosome until about the 13th week of pregnancy. Therefore, yeah, most aborted are women.

Are you quite sure about that? I’m pretty certain that is incorrect. The egg carries an X chromosome while the sperm carries either the X or Y chromosome. So from the point of fertilization, a fetus is either XX or XY (or in rare and abnormal cases some other series such as XXY).

Incidentally males are more likely to be conceived (abou 170 to 117 males to 100 females) and more likely to be miscarried as birth is about 103 males to 100 females. Male babies also have a slightly higher mortality rate which is why we male/female ratios are fairly even worldwide barring selective abortion and infanticide.

However, given the fact that many families and cultures have a strong preference for a male child AND access to ultrasound technology, it MAY be likely that more females are aborted than males. I haven’t seen the research on that though so I can’t confirm it–but it is plausible.

 

[Nimzovik]

off track - aren’t we?

 

[TARSUS_PADDY]

As far as I’m concerned the primary abortionist is the girl having the abortion and the secondary abortionist is either male or female…but it doesn’t really matter what sex an abortionist is.
The primary abortionist as per my definition is the one to worry about. She must be dealt with in a very compassionate way and very skilfully. Her moods change daily, she’s very confused. She is getting mixed messages from all quarters. A lot of prayer is required and it is a long battle to persuade her to do the right thing.
Many years ago I fought that battle…it cost me a relationship…but that child lived and to this day that child doesn’t know who I am or my part in her being born. It’s between me and God.
God Protect Her

 

[Nimzovik]

Well said and well done.

 

[livingwordunity]

No. A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes (or 46 total) at the moment of conception. We don’t get any additional chromosomes at any point during our lifespan. You are male or female from the moment of conception. Perhaps you are thinking of when the external genital organs become visible?

It is probably true that more female babies are aborted but I suspect this is because of the preference of parents for sons rather than daughters.

It also has to do with how God planned it for the natural survival of the human race. When nature isn’t interfered with, more girls are conceived and born than boys. That’s why even if girls aren’t targeted for abortions (which they often are), girl babies will still be aborted more than boys.

 

[Cojuanco]

Yes. Feminism (not the gender of woman, which God himself created) is responsible for abortion and many other related ills in our nation.

Why a Catholic would refer to themselves as a Feminist is as baffling to me as a 'Catholic" Obama supporter.

Be a Catholic!! Advocate for** both** sexes!!

Because there is still societal discrimination against women, not helped by the reemergence of rape culture. Don’t believe me? The academics spend more time telling women how not to make it look like ‘she asked for it’ than prosecuting the men who rape. Not all feminists are pro-abortion - merely the ones promoted by the media.

We must distinguish between the feminism of a Hanna Suchocka or a Corazon Aquino or a Susan Anthony (the first two of which were good Catholic women) and that of Bella Abzug. And even then, the Abzugs of the world were mere overreaction to the real discrimination women faced then and to an extent face now.

 

[livingwordunity]

Because there is still societal discrimination against women, not helped by the reemergence of rape culture. Don’t believe me? The academics spend more time telling women how not to make it look like ‘she asked for it’ than prosecuting the men who rape. Not all feminists are pro-abortion - merely the ones promoted by the media.

We must distinguish between the feminism of a Hanna Suchocka or a Corazon Aquino or a Susan Anthony (the first two of which were good Catholic women) and that of Bella Abzug. And even then, the Abzugs of the world were mere overreaction to the real discrimination women faced then and to an extent face now.

The fact that some women get raped doesn’t mean that society as a whole discriminates against them. That’s like blaming everyone for rape. Discrimination means when they don’t get hired because they are a woman. And there isn’t any secular job that does that in today’s world.

 

[CaptFun]

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Not REAL men. No.

Abortionists have no brains, no guts,
no heart and no backbone.

They have a soul … but unless
they turn … they’ll wish they didn’t.

Per NUMBER … maybe more of them are technically “men” because really …
women are life-givers. And what kind of woman would do something
like THAT?

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