WN: Dobson Rejects Charge His Comments 'Inappropriate' - WND

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Family Talk Radio founder James Dobson, one of the most respected advisers to Christian families in America, Thursday night rejected a question from Fox News' Megan Kelly that his description of Barack Obama as the "abortion president" at the National Day of Prayer was inappropriate.

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[The_Patriot21]

good for him-standing strong for what he believes. Ive always had a great deal of respect for Mr Dobson.

[Atwood]

It has seemed to me that apologizing for remarks just validates those who disparage the public figure who made them.

[LookingForAnswers]

The problem with the comment is that it is inaccurate. 

 

When Bush left office there were 285 abortions per live 1000 live births and 19.46 abortions per 1000 women of child bearing age.  Either number were the lowest of his presidency. 

 

Since Obama took office those numbers have dropped every year and in 2012 there were 261 abortions per live 1000 live births and 16.56 abortions per 1000 women of child bearing age.

 

I realize that none of this is due to the polices of Obama, but unless Dobson was complaining about Bush, he should not be doing so about Obama.

[OneLight]

Let's see what the Christian Life Resources statistics say:

U.S. Abortion Statistics By Year (1973-Current)

Trend Continues Downward

After reaching 25 percent from a high of over 1.6 million in 1990, the number of abortions performed annually in the U.S. appear to have dropped to about 1.1 million a year.

Two independent sources confirm a downward trend: the government’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Guttmacher Institute (GI), which was once a special research affiliate of abortion chain Planned Parenthood.

The CDC ordinarily develops its annual report on the basis of data received from 52 central health agencies (50 states plus New York City and District of Columbia). GI gets its numbers from direct surveys of abortionists conducted every few years.

Because of these different methods of data collection, GI consistently obtains higher counts than the CDC. CDC researchers have admitted it probably undercounts the total because reporting laws vary from state to state and some abortionists may not report or under-report. Increases and decreases for the CDC and GI numbers usually roughly track each other, though, so both sources provide useful information on abortion trends and statistics. The CDC also stopped reporting estimates for some states in 1998, making the discrepancy larger.

Abortions from CA and NH have not been counted by the CDC since 1998, and other states have been missing from the totals during that time frame: OK in 1998, AK from 1998 to 2002, WV in 2003 and 2004, LA in 2005 and 2006, MD in 2007 and 2008. For areas that did report, overall declines were seen from 1998 through 2010. The CDC showed significant declines in goth 2009 and 2010 for 4.6 percent and 3.1 percent respectively.

Guttmacher shows a similar long term decline, but found slightly higher number in 2008 than its previous surveys. These may be due to new chemical aboritons and/or the addition of abortionists missed in previous surveys.

Cumulative abortions since 1973 were generated using GI figures through 2008 and adjusting the most recent number by the percentage declines the CDC found for 2009 and 2010. The 210 number were then used as a projection for 2011 through 2013. Then a 3 percent undercount GI estimates for its own figures was added, yielding the total above. This figure will be adjusted when Guttmacher publsihes new national data.

Reported Annual Abortions - 1973-2006

YEAR ...... GI .......... CDC

1973 .... 744,600 ..... 615,831

1974 .... 898,600 ..... 763,476

1975 ... 1,034,200 .... 854,853

1976 ... 1,179,300 .... 988,267

1977 ... 1,316,700 .... 1,079,430

1978 ... 1,409,600 ... 1,157,776

1979 ... 1,497,700 ... 1,251,921

1980 ... 1,553,900 ... 1,297,606

1981 ... 1,577,300 ... 1,300,760

1982 ... 1,573,900 ... 1,303,980

1983 ... 1,575,000 ... 1,268,987

1984 ... 1,577,200 ... 1,333,521

1985 ... 1,588,200 ... 1,328,570

1986 ... 1,574,000 ... 1,328,112

1987 ... 1,559,100 ... 1,353,671

1988 ... 1,590,800 ... 1,371,285

1989 ... 1,566,900 ... 1,396,658

1990 ... 1,608,600 ... 1,429,577

1991 ... 1,556,500 ... 1,388,937

1992 ... 1,528,900 ... 1,359,146

1993 ... 1,495,000 ... 1,330,414

1994 ... 1,423,000 ... 1,267,415

1995 ... 1,359,400 ... 1,210,883

1996 ... 1,360,160 ... 1,225,937

1997 ... 1,335,000 ... 1,186,039

1998 ... 1,319,000 .... 884,273 *

1999 ... 1,314,800 .... 861,789 *

2000 ... 1,313,000 .... 857,475 *

2001 ... 1,291,000 .... 853,485 *

2002 ... 1,269,000 .... 854,122 *

2003 ... 1,250,000 .... 848,163 *

2004 ... 1,222,100 .... 839,226 *

2005 ... 1,206,200 .... 820,151 *

2006 ... 1,242,200 .... 846,181 *

2007 ... 1,209,600 .... 827,609 *

2008 ... 1,212,400 .... 825,564 *

2009 ... 1,156,630 . ** 789,116 *

2010 ... 1,120,775 . ** 765,651 *

2011-13 1,120,775 ***

* Excludes NH, CA, and at least one other state

** NRLC extrapoation based on CDC figures

*** NRLC projection for calculation

Updated: January 2014

It seems every president could be titled the same ever since the law took affect.

[LookingForAnswers]

It seems every president could be titled the same ever since the law took affect.

 

 

I would say the president has zero effect on abortion