New York Abortions—Hardly “Rare”

Earlier today, Keith Pavlischek passed along news that the Democratic Party has dropped its “safe, legal, and rare” platform on abortion. Ironically, the dropping of the word “rare” seems eerily appropriate, as Crain’s reports that 72 abortions occur for every 100 live births in New York:

The continuing boom in abortions—90,157 were performed in the city in 2006, the last year for which statistics are available—apparently means that many women are using abortion as their birth control method of choice. That concerns health advocates, who point out that the procedure sometimes causes complications and is more expensive than contraception. The high rate also shows that these women are not protected against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.