NYC Abortions

Some stats from the New York State Department of Health for pregnancy and abortion in NYC, 2010.

• There were 208,541 pregnancies in New York City in 2010.  They resulted in 124,791 live births and 83,750 abortions, a 40% abortion rate.
• Among non-Hispanic blacks there were far more abortions than births, 38,574 to 26,635, or 60%.   So for every 1,000 African-American babies born, 1,448 were aborted.
• Among Non-Hispanic black teens, the abortion rate was even greater - 5,956 abortions to 2,265 live births, or 72%.  For every 1,000 African-American babies born to teens, 2,630 were aborted.
• The abortion rate among teens as a whole was 63% - 12,139 abortions to 7,207 live births. For every 1,000 babies born among New York City teens 1,684 were aborted.
• 16% of all pregnancies in New York City - 14% of abortions - were with teen mothers.
• 54% of abortions were with mothers in their 20's;
• 30% of abortions were with mothers in their 30's or 40's;
• 14% of abortions were with married mothers.

relevance

The middle class in the US is slowly becoming more and more racially integrated.  More and more young people go to college and then work in increasingly racially integrated environments.

The primary areas where we remain segregated are in housing/neighborhoods and in religion.

I'm fairly convinced that if nothing changes the white, middle-class church that has been the foundation of US evangelicalism will be irrelevant within a few generations.  My grandchildren will enjoy the diversity of their school and work environments, and will look for that in their church.

It's also interesting to note that while white evangelical churches in America are for the most part declining in attendance over the last decade (with notable exceptions, such as my own church), attendance of multi-racial and non-white evangelical churches (particularly Asian, African, and Latin American immigrant churches holding bilingual or non-English services) are growing.