Were it not for double standards, the gummint would have no standards at all.
As you probably have heard by now, President and CEO of Toyota Corp., Akio Toyoda was dragged before Congress this week to explain why his company did not do more to address critical safety issues with their vehicles that resulted in several deaths.
Vehicle safety is surely an important issue and we expect companies, when they become aware of these issues, to deal with them promptly and effectively. Lives depend on it.
It was in this context that Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) addressed Mr Toyoda saying...
“I am not satisfied with your testimony,” she said. “I do not feel it reflects sufficient remorse for those who have died, and I do not think you have accurately reflected the large number of complaints that have been filed for more than a decade.”
“Where is the remorse?”
Where is the remorse? It is a very good question. What may have been missed during the overwhelming media coverage of Toyota’s failing is the much greater health threat posed by the abortion industry.
Just this week the story broke about an abortion clinic in Philly where investigators discovered aborted fetuses preserved in jars and blood on the floor. What you may not know is how the jars and fetuses were discovered.
On November 20th of last year, a woman died from a botched abortion at Dr. Kermit Baron Gosnell’s clinic. That death from abortion did not send up the red flags so much as did the illegal painkillers that were found in her system. Death by abortion obviously does not raise concerns.
The doctor in this case has an extremely checkered past and has injured many more women prior to this terrible case.
Death is one thing, continued illegal activity is another. One might expect that proof of illegal activity at abortion clinics might be enough to trigger investigations and at least a little outrage. You would be wrong.
A young pro-life activist named Lila Rose has used a hidden camera and YouTube to expose repeated violations of the law by Planned Parenthood. To date, there have been no calls on the national level for investigation and there are likely none forthcoming.
The truth is, many more people have died from ‘legal’ abortion than have been killed by faulty Toyota vehicles. The number of women injured by abortion, both psychologically and physically, dwarfs those injured by vehicle safety issues.
Studies have shown that abortion kills not only babies.
The Maternal Death Rate from Abortion is almost 3 times higher than the Death Rate from Childbirth, according to a 13-year population study of pregnancy-associated deaths [American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology]. The study found that the mortality rate associated with abortion is 2.95 times that of the mortality rate associated with pregnancies carried to term.
Put another way: the maternal mortality rate associated with abortion is 195% higher than the maternal mortality rate associated with pregnancies carried to term. The study included the entire population of women 15-49 years of age in Finland, 1987-2000. The researchers linked birth and abortion records to death certificates. The annual death rate of women who had abortions in the previous year was 46% higher than that of non-pregnant women… Women who carried to term had a significantly lower death rate than non-pregnant women. Non-pregnant women had 57.0 deaths per 100,000, compared to 28.2 for women who carried to term, 51.9 for women who miscarried, and 83.1 for women who had abortions.
So I ask you Rep. Kaptur and all the other members of Congress, where are the hearings? Where are the investigations? Where is the remorse?
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I second that Patrick. I ask, “Why the double standards when it comes to protecting the consumer? Why discriminate between the industries? While there are consumer protection laws that protect the interests of pregnant women when it comes to cigarettes and alcohol, there is nothing to warn them that they are about to kill a child with a beating heart when they get an abortion. The butchers assume that they know and want what they’re doing. Sometimes, these murderers even trick the women by hiding information about the child. I have videos about the deception at http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/02/consumer-protection-regulations-needed.html
Title should read “If Planned Parenthood WERE” Toyota” - please review use of subjunctive in the English language.
Uhhhh, do we live in Finland?
Here’s a US study:
Bartlett LA et al., Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States,
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2004, 103(4):729–737
link:
http://stateleg.acog.org/from_home/publications/green_journal/2004/v103n4p729.pdf
It’s 25 year study that shows that the mortality rate from 1972 - 1997 in the US was 1.1/100,000.
And that’s only because the mortality rate in the 70’s was significantly higher at 2.2/100K than the 80’s (0.8/100K) and the 90’s (0.7/100K)
The risk factor increases significantly for late-term (>= 21 weeks) abortions to 8.9/100K, but that number is still only 1/10th of the number cited from Finland.
Also, why call out my state rep, Marcy, for not showing remorse for Finland(?).
She is a vocal Stupak supporter and voted for the ammendment back in November, 2009.
Kaptur doesn’t understand a couple of things, especially Japanese culture. It’s a huge loss of face for Toyoda to admit the failings, and to humble himself to come and be grilled by US lawmakers. Second, the looked-for remorse: she can’t read the remorse expressed by different culture. It’s there. Third, what does his remorse have to do with the legality of actions (or inactions) of Toyota’s, and any fines that should be levied?
Now, on abortion statistics. The US doesn’t have standards of reporting. States voluntarily report, or don’t, the number of abortions performed. They have different guidelines for tracking things like maternal mortality, if they even track it at all. There is a great desire in this country to hide abortion behind a curtain, so there’s no great effort to keep accurate records.
Oh, and Craig: isn’t medical care supposed to be so much better under a socialized health system? Surely the women who get abortions in Finland receive top-notch treatment compared to the US, so their abortion-related maternal mortality rate MUST be lower than here in hickland US.
1.) The Toyota-related deaths and the 2009 safety inspection cover-up caused Toyoda’s loss of face. Toyoda’s a big boy. I think he’ll get over Kaptur’s little bit of grandstanding.
2.) Because of the variance in state’s reporting, the Abortion Mortality Surveillance System reports more than twice as many deaths related to legal induced-abortion than are reported on routine death-certificate data.
3.) Finland ranks 31st in the world for health care. Six places above the US despite their decidedly abysmal abortion-related mortality rate. They must excel in other areas healthcare.
In the 1980’s when I was an obstetrical nurse, I attended a seminar on compiling statistics. At that time, any death of a woman within 12 months of her being pregnant, was considered to be pregnancy related statistically. So a pregnant woman or mother of an infant less than one year old, who was murdered, drowned or died in a house fire, was considered to have died of pregnancy related circumstances. Abortion was frequently not identified on death certificates. Instead, the cause would be listed as pregnancy related hemorrhage or trauma. These deaths were also counted statistically with childbirth deaths. This had the effect of greatly skewing statistics in favor of abortion. I don’t know if this is still the way statistics are compiled but it does explain the claims that abortion is safer than childbirth.
1) I’m not concerned with Toyoda’s loss of face, but merely point out that he is showing remorse. Neither Kaptur nor you seem to be able to recognize it.
2) http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Data_stats/Abortion.htm gives the guidelines to the voluntary reporting of abortion. The data tracking sucks, there are no standards. I’m sure the numbers are off, especially since not all areas are included in the statistics. On top of that, the connection of death to abortion is most likely in worse shape as far as tracking.
3) I’m sure they’re ranked higher because they have socialized medicine. It seems that the world ranking of health care is more interested in equal access for all, universal coverage, and preventing people from paying for prompt treatment than actually keeping people alive as long as possible. I’m also equally sure that abortion-related maternal mortality is not used as one of the metrics for determining the rankings.
Am I reading this wrong? “Non-pregnant women had 57.0 deaths per 100,000, compared to 28.2 for women who carried to term, 51.9 for women who miscarried, and 83.1 for women who had abortions.” So - is it saying non-pregant women had more than twice as many deaths as pregnant women who carried to term?? Someone please educate me on this?
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