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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://amac.us/newsline/politics/report-one-third-of-gen-z-was-never-   
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   If America lost one-third of an entire generation to war, disease,   
   suicide, or gun violence, it would be treated as the greatest tragedy in   
   our nation’s history. But according to a new report, abortion has claimed   
   the lives of that many would-be Gen Zers – and hardly anyone in the   
   political or media establishment has taken note.   
      
   As the National Catholic Register reported earlier this month, data from   
   the Guttmacher Institute, the CDC, the United Nations, and the World   
   Health Organization show that some 850–900 million babies were aborted   
   globally between 1997 and 2012, the years generally accepted as the range   
   for Gen-Z.   
      
   In the United States alone, more than 63 million children have been   
   aborted since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973. That includes   
   24.5 million millennials and 26 million members of Gen Z, nearly a third   
   of both generations. Pro-life commentator Catherine Hadro calls these   
   missing brothers, sisters, classmates, spouses, and friends the “unseen   
   wound” of abortion: a generational trauma that has left holes in families,   
   communities, and the nation’s future.   
      
   This staggering loss has also accelerated America’s rush toward   
   demographic collapse. The U.S. fertility rate remains well below the 2.1   
   births per woman needed to sustain a population, meaning overall   
   population growth now depends entirely on immigration. In 2023, the   
   fertility rate among native-born women in the United States was about 1.73   
   births per woman.   
      
   Notably, black Americans have been disproportionately affected by the   
   abortion epidemic. In 2019, black babies accounted for 38 percent of   
   abortions despite black women making up only about seven percent of the   
   U.S. population, according to the CDC.   
      
   Proponents of abortion will often point to cases of rape, incest, and   
   life-threatening pregnancies to justify the practice. But less than 0.5   
   percent of abortions stem from incest, less than 1.5 percent are the   
   result of rape, and only about 2.8 percent of abortions are performed for   
   maternal health concerns, according to Encounter Today.   
      
   This means that about 95 percent of abortions – 24.7 million Gen-Z babies   
   – were killed by elective abortions.   
      
   That reality reflects a much deeper cultural problem that the pro-life   
   movement must confront if it is to prevent one-third of the next   
   generation – or more – from being lost to abortion. While the 2022 Dobbs   
   v. Jackson decision may have been the conclusion of the legal battle   
   against Roe v. Wade, it was only the start of a far more difficult   
   societal battle to rebuild a culture of life.   
      
   Following Dobbs, blue states retaliated by liberalizing their abortion   
   laws even further, with most now allowing unlimited late-term abortion at   
   any stage of pregnancy for any reason. Even in many red states, pro-   
   abortion ballot initiatives have passed, leaving ostensibly conservative   
   states with more permissive abortion laws than they had pre-Dobbs.   
      
   The harrowing truth is that mainstream culture in the United States and   
   most of the Western world views fertility and motherhood as a liability to   
   be managed rather than a blessing to be embraced. As many anti-abortion   
   crusaders have recognized, the pro-life movement, in addition to waging   
   legal battles to protect the rights of the unborn, must also create an   
   atmosphere of compassion, kindness, and generosity toward expectant   
   mothers to empower them to choose life.   
      
   The rising prevalence of absent fathers compounds this ongoing struggle.   
   In 1960, 11 percent of kids were living in homes without fathers. By 2020,   
   that figure had more than doubled to 25 percent. Once again, this crisis   
   is particularly damaging for the black community. In 2023, an astonishing   
   55.4 percent of black kids were living in a single-parent household.   
      
   For decades, government programs have reinforced these pressures by   
   incentivizing fatherlessness. The design of welfare benefits often reduced   
   assistance if a father remained in the home, creating perverse incentives   
   that encouraged single-parent households. The unintended result was an   
   epidemic of absent fathers, leaving mothers alone to shoulder both the   
   economic and emotional burden of raising children.   
      
   Polling also shows that Gen Z, immersed in pro-abortion messaging from   
   Hollywood and the education system, is more likely to support abortion   
   than older generations. Many in the pro-life community attribute their   
   activism to their faith. As religiosity has declined in the United States,   
   so too has the belief that unborn babies are entitled to the same   
   protections as babies who have already been born.   
      
   However, there are some positive developments that preserve hope for a   
   future where more Americans value life and motherhood. Advances in   
   ultrasound technology have made the humanity of the unborn harder to   
   ignore, challenging the “clump of cells” narrative.   
      
   Moreover, activists say that when younger Americans become pro-life, they   
   bring their characteristic energy and activism to the cause. For   
   millennials and Gen Zers, abortion is not an abstract political issue.   
   Many have learned that would-be siblings or cousins were aborted, or that   
   they themselves narrowly escaped it.   
      
   The loss of a third of a generation is a catastrophe of almost   
   unimaginable scale. America can secure its future only by rebuilding a   
   culture of life – one where mothers are supported, fathers step up, and   
   every child is given a chance to be born.   
      
      
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