Worse is just getting born in the first place. These figures are constant for the last decade. The surveys show that a majority of women had abortions because they felt a baby would interfere with their work or education, or that they could not afford to have a child. Roman Catholic women have an abortion rate equal to the American average of 3 per 100. Abortion rates for Protestant and Jewish women are 30 percent below the national average.
Children grow up.
The stats on runaways in the U. S. are equally devastating. The average street kid is between 12 and 16. Among these street youth is found the highest rates of AIDS, more than any other U. S. population except intravenous drug users. Again it is black and Hispanic AIDS cases that are spreading disproportionately for their populations. That's at home.