Are We Any Better?

John Piper on the Desiring God Blog draws together the similar atrocities of Al Qaida's recent bombings using unsuspecting women who had down syndrome with the epidemic rates of aborted babies who are diagnosed with down syndrome before birth in the US and England.

A Sad State of Affairs

You can find in this New York Sun article the latest statistics from New York City in the year 2005 relating to birth rates. Last year there were 122,725 live births. There were also 88,891 abortions performed in New York City last year. This means that 42% of all known pregnancies ended in death.

In addition to this sad news, the referenced article above stated that of the 122,725, 44% of the children were born to unwed mothers. Furthermore, of the 122,725 births, 52% of them were paid for by Medicaid.