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New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani’s Record on Abortion and Adoption: 1993-2001 |
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1993 |
2001 |
1993-2001 |
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| Abortion ratio — total US abortions per 1,000 live births — Guttmacher Institute | 274 |
245 |
-10.6% |
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| Abortions — total US abortions — Guttmacher Institute | 1,495,000 |
1,303,000 |
-12.8% |
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| Abortion ratio — total abortions in NYC per 1,000 live births | 890 |
767 |
-13.8% |
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| Abortions — total abortions in NYC — NY State Office of Vital Statistics | 103,997 |
86,466 |
-16.9% |
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| Abortions — total abortions performed in NYC with taxpayer-funds under Medicaid | 45,006 |
34,722 |
-22.9% |
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| Abortions — Estimated NYC taxpayer funds spent on Medicaid abortions* |
$ 1,226,414 |
$ 946,175 |
-22.9% |
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| Children remaining in foster care, after increased adoptions | 47,509 |
29,705 |
-37.5% |
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| Children adopted under city auspices | 2,312 |
3,500 |
51.4% |
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| Child-support collections from deadbeat dads and moms | 209,329 |
446,902 |
113.5% |
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| *Discussion: | ||||||
| It is nearly impossible to obtain concrete data on Medicaid-abortion expenditures. However, figures from the New York State Division of the Budget allow for very rough calculations on what the Giuliani Administration may have spent on taxpayer-funded abortions. A state-government source informs me that abortions performed in outpatient settings (such as hospitals) are reimbursed at $108; those conducted at free-standing facilities (e.g. Planned Parenthood clinics and women’s health centers) are reimbursed at $110. | ||||||
| Under the 1976 Hyde Amendment, the federal government funds virtually no abortions. New York State pays 75 percent of the cost for each Medicaid abortion, while New York City covers the 25 percent balance. | ||||||
| Assuming a $109 average cost per abortion, NYC's 25 percent share in 2007 is $27.25. Because this amount may have been lower under Giuliani, these data probably represent the maximum his administration would have spent on abortion. Multiplying this $27.25 average reimbursement rate times the number of abortions performed in New York City shows that abortion funding fell from an estimated $1,226,414 in 1993 to $946,175 in 2001, a 22.85 percent decline. | ||||||
| Sources: | ||||||
| Deroy Murdock, Rudolph W. Giuliani's Record on Abortion: 1993 - 2001 | ||||||
| http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/chart_murdock01-19-07.html | ||||||
| Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw, "Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001 - 2003." | ||||||
| Guttmacher Institute, August 3, 2000, page 5. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/08/03ab_incidence.pdf | ||||||
| Personal interviews. | ||||||
| Note: Rudolph W. Giuliani was the 107th mayor of the City of New York from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2001. | ||||||
| Compiled by Deroy Murdock, contributing editor, National Review Online - October 11, 2007. | ||||||