November 18, 2004

Think of the mothers!

You can support some crazy proposals using statistics:

After only three deaths in an estimated 360,000 uses, the GOP-led Congress plans to reintroduce a bill to "temporarily suspend" sales of RU-486 so it can be more thoroughly investigated. With a maternal death rate in the US of 12 per 100,000, RU-486 is about 13-14 times safer than a full term pregancy. Of course, the solution is simple: suspend all pregnancies for a year so we can more fully evaluate their safety.
What do you mean that argument is absurd? It's based on mathematics! ;)

Posted by Jeffrey at November 18, 2004 4:28 PM
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