Aclaración: El asterisco (*)
indica el año de la legalización del aborto en todo el país. Hay que tener en
cuenta que en algunos países el aborto fue legalizado primero en algunos de sus
estados o regiones (v.gr., EEUU). Además de las observaciones generales a
continuación de estas tablas, véanse también otras importantes observaciones en
la nota [7]. (Este breve trabajo fue concluido el 31 de mayo del 2007.)
España España (cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1985* 9 1996 51.002
1986 411 1997
49.578
1987 17.180 1998 53.847
1988 26.069 1999
58.399
1989 30.552 2000
63.756
1990 37.231 2001
69.857
1991 41.910 2002 77.125
[1]
1992 44.962 2003 79.870
[2]
1993 45.503 2004 84.985 [3]
1994 47.832 2005 90.200 [4]
1995 49.367
EEUU EEUU
(cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO
DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1967 57.200 1978 1.409.600
1968 114.300 1979 1.497.700
1969 171.500 1980 1.553.900
1970 228.700 1981 1.577.300
1971 574.100 1982 1.573.900
1972 693.400 1983 1.575.000
1973* 744.600 1984 1.577.200
1974 898.600 1985 1.588.600
1975 1.034.200 1986 1.574.000
1976 1.179.300 1987 1.559.100
1977 1.316.700 1988 1.590.800
EEUU (cont.) EEUU
(cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO
DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS DE
ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1989 1.566.900 1996 1.365.700
1990 1.608.600
(año pico) 1997 1.367.700
1991 1.556.500 1998 1.369.700
1992 1.528.900 1999 1.371.700
1993 1.500.000 2000 1.373.700 [5]
1994 1.431.000 2003 1.280.000 [6]
1995 1.363.700
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA (cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO
DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS DE
ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1983 46.500 1995 90.182 (año pico)
1984* 54.600 1996 89.076
1985 65.240 1997 87.497
1986 69.296 1998 86.862
1987 69.752 1999 85.731
1988 72.240 2000 86.931
1989 76.862 2001 88.306
1990 80.113 2002 86.552
1991 81.430 2003 84.460
1992 85.003 2004 72.214
1993 85.153 2005 69.383
1994 87.965 2005 66.310
POLONIA POLONIA
(cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO
DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1955*
1.400 1980 137.950
1956
18.900 1981 230.070
1957 122.000 1982 141.177
1958 126.000 1983 130.980
1959 162.000 1984 132.844
POLONIA (cont.) POLONIA
(cont.)
AÑOS NÚMERO
DE AÑOS NÚMERO DE
ABORTOS ABORTOS
LEGALES LEGALES
1960 233.000 1985 135.564
1961 230.000 1986 129.720
1962 272.000 1987 123.534
1963 260.000 (año pico) 1988 108.367
1964 247.000 1989 82.137
1965 235.000 1990
59.417
1966 225.900 1991
30.878
1967 220.504 1992 11.640
1968 219.660 1993 [8]
1.240
1969 212.933 1994
874
1970 214.034 1995 570
1971 203.619 1996 505
1972 204.562 1997 3.176
1973 210.682 1998 312
1974 214.387 1999 151
1975 212.101 2000 155
1976 215.368 2001 135
1977 216.533 2002 159
1978 223.288 2003 174 [9]
1979 220.431
Observaciones generales importantes:
1. En un trabajo tan limitado como éste, hemos escogido
estos países por las siguientes razones:
España – Por representar a Europa y por ser,
evidentemente, de habla española.
EEUU – Por representar a la América del Norte y por ser un
“líder” mundial del aborto.
Australia – Por representar a Oceanía.
Polonia – Por su contraste con los otros tres países
abortistas y, de hecho, con los demás países abortistas del mundo. Véase la
próxima observación.
2. En el caso de EEUU, Australia y España, se observa un
claro patrón de aumento del número total de los abortos, una vez que éste es
legalizado. En el caso de Polonia, sin embargo, es al revés, el número total de
abortos disminuye considerablemente una vez que éste es ilegalizado. Véase
también la observación que hemos presentado en la nota [8].
3. En el caso de EEUU y Australia, también se observa que
el creciente número de abortos, después de haber sido éste legalizado, alcanzó
una cifra pico, y luego ha descendido un poco durante los últimos años, pero
sigue siendo mayor que el de antes de la legalización. Los abortistas dicen que
ese descenso relativo se debe a la difusión a gran escala de los
anticonceptivos. Pero eso no es cierto. De hecho, la realidad demuestra lo
contrario: mientras más difundida está la anticoncepción, más abortos tienden a
ocurrir [10]. Además, el número de abortos causados por los anticonceptivos
abortivos supera, y por mucho, el número de abortos quirúrgicos [11].
De manera que tenemos que concluir que las razones principales
por las cuales el número de abortos se ha venido reduciendo son: (1) la labor
provida, tanto la educativa y la legislativa, como la asistencial (centros de
ayuda a la mujer), y (2) el hecho de que el aborto mismo (tanto el quirúrgico
como el farmacológico), ha causado una implosión demográfica en los países
afectados por este grave mal [12].
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