(December 9, 2023 at 6:43 pm)brewer Wrote:Help me out here. What’s the problem? Do you not agree with the definition of fertility rate? Or do you not agree that abortion reduces the fertility rate?(December 9, 2023 at 3:06 pm)SimpleCaveman Wrote: I think we’re both right here. Yes, abortion reduces the birth rate. It also reduces the fertility rate, which is the number of live births per woman. That’s how the UN, demographers, and others (probably sociologists, too!) who study this define it.
bold mine: Then they are incorrect. But it's my guess and I find it more likely that you are incorrect. Please provide the link for your UN quote.
Unless you are arguing that abortions directly impacts future fertility status. If you are, that would be incorrect also.
If it’s the former, get access to a computer and the internet to search on “fertility rate definition.”
If it’s the latter, then please see my response to Thumpalumpacus. I’m not interested in the hill that abortion reduces the fertility rate. However, it seems reasonable to me that anything that reduces the number of live births while, at the same time, keeping the number of women constant would reduce the fertility rate.
So, what is incorrect and why is it incorrect?
