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it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel with tags 6 Frbruary 1934, Agent Orange, Capitol, Charles Dickens, Croix-de-Feu, Donald Trump, French history, French politics, Georgia, Joe Biden, Paris, Tale of Two Cities, US elections 2020, US politics, USA, Washington D.C. on January 7, 2021 by xi'an
solidarność z Polkami
Posted in Statistics with tags abortion, eugenics, legalisation of abortion, Liechtenstein, Malta, my body my choice, Poland, reproductive rights, Solidarność, Supreme Court, USA on October 30, 2020 by xi'an
abortion data, France vs. USA
Posted in Kids, Statistics, Travel with tags anti-abortion organisations, Brett Kavanaugh, France, Guttmacher Institute, health care, Le Monde, official statistics, Planning Familial, public health system, reproductive rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USA on October 5, 2020 by xi'an
As Le Monde pointed out at a recent report on 2019 abortions in France from Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques (Drees), showing an consistent rise in the number of abortions in France since 1995, with a rate of 15.6 abortions for 1000 women and the number around a third of the live births that year, I started wondering at the corresponding figures in the USA, given the much more restrictive conditions there. Judging from this on-line report by the Guttmacher Institute, the overall 2017 figures are not so different in both countries: while the abortion rate fell to 13.5‰, and the abortion/life birth ratio to 22%, the recent spike in abortion restrictions for most US States did not seem to impact considerably the rates, even though this is a nationwide average, hiding state disparities (like a 35% drop in Iowa or Alabama [and a 62% drop in Delaware, despite no change in the number of clinics or in the legislation]). In addition, France did not apparently made conditions more difficult recently (most abortions occur locally and the abortion rate is inversely correlated with income) and French (official) figures include off-clinic drug-induced abortions, while the Guttmacher institute census does not. The incoming (hasty) replacement of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg in the US Supreme Court may alas induce a dramatic turn in these figures if a clear anti-abortion majority emerges…
oops…!
Posted in Statistics with tags Assemblée générale de l’ONU, China, Cold War, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Liberation, typo, UN General Assembly, United Nations, USA, Xi Jinping on September 22, 2020 by xi'an
no filter [no jatp]
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures with tags California, climate change, Concord, forest fires, getty images, global warming, jatp, Limeridge, particle filter, red sun, The New Abnormal, USA on September 14, 2020 by xi'an
