"I'm frankly embarrassed to be a member of a community where 41 percent of pregnancies are terminated," said Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York at an ecumenical news conference with other church leaders at the Penn Club last week.
As reported by the New York Times, "The annual figure has averaged 90,000 in recent years, or about 40 percent of all pregnancies, twice the national rate."
Archbishop Dolan called these numbers "downright chilling." Indeed, African-Americans might find them especially ominous since the 2009 data reveal "a rate close to 60 percent for black women," according to the Times.
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