Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Some Numbers for Your Perusal
Here are some numbers:
Number of American children living in poverty (2009) 14,657,000 / 20.7%
Number of children in the US without health insurance (2008) 8,411,000
Number of children in the US who were food insecure (2007) 13,912,000
Infant mortality (2007) 29,138
Child deaths (2007) 10,850
Number of abortions in the US (2005) 1.2 million
Here are some comparisons:
Infant mortality < number of abortions
Child mortality < number of abortions
Children without health insurance > number of abortions
Children living in poverty > number of abortions
Children without adequate food > number of abortions
I often wonder about political priorities in light of what is really happening.