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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by ModernMech on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:50PM (#31671319)
Also you tend to find daycare programs for teenage mothers at poorer schools. Rich parents get their children abortions, while poor children give birth to their babies.
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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by honkdaddy on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:03PM (#31671572)
This is an oft-repeated myth, and in fact the opposite is true.

"there are substantial disparities in abortion rates in the United States, with low-income women and women of color having higher rates than affluent and White women"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780732/

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by SgtBastard on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:39PM (#31672086)
If the incidence rate of teenage pregnancy amongst low-income women is significantly higher, then women amongst this group can simultaneously have more abortions AND be teenaged mothers completing schooling vs other groups.
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