>>>>>>>Tamar,
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>>>>>>>Any more than any of the other outcomes of an unwanted pregnancy? That's the piece of the equation that tends to be missing in most of the discussions.
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>>>>>>>That's True if discussion can only start at the point when an unwanted conception has already occurred. ;-) I'd prefer to extend the consideration to whether individuals or society can do better than an abortion clinic at the bottom of the cliff. For a start, we might look at first world countries like Holland and Japan whose abortion rates are 1/8 of those in the US. Unless we truly believe that the examples you provided earlier are 8 times as common in the US, those communities are doing something different from which we might learn.
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>>>>>>Let's start with the common belief in Japan that contraception is not solely the woman's responsibility. Condoms count for 80% of birth control methods in Japan. Japan is actually concerned about wide-spread acceptance of the pill for birth control. They fear increased incidents of aids ...
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>>>>>What? Aids can just happen and then go away?!
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>>>>>Jeez I'm being picky at the moment, nicht wahr? :-)
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>>>>>(HINT: "incidences")
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>>>>Actually, "incidence," not "incidences."
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>It would be 'incidence' if the statement had begun "They fear an increased...". As it is, the proper word would be 'spreading'.
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>>No, you don't need "an" there. From merriam-webster.com:
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>>2 a: an act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting : occurrence b: rate of occurrence or influence (a high incidence of crime)
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>>Tamar
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>Look at the parens again - a high incidence of crime. Compare to an increased incidence of aids. 'Incidence' is a singular noun.

I agree that it's singular, just not that you have to have "an" there. What word would you use rather than "incidence"?

Tamar