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An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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You missed the whole point. We don't have good statistics from miscarriages, because everyone counts the numbers differently, and when you add in the fact that some people don't really realize they've had a miscarriage, you have a very nebulous stat.
The point is that certainly miscarriages are more common than most people think, and likely even more common than that.
My comment was not to prove that their stat was correct, but to explain why the stat varies so much. Your comment about demographics, although I'm sure it was meant innocently, can be taken as looking to blame a certain demographic for doing something wrong that causes their miscarriage numbers to be higher.
I have not disproved the part that say unknown percentage of miscarriages takes place. It's logical.
However if someone places exact number, it should be based on aomething. If the number has no base, as such it has no value l, at least for me.
As for second part about hatespeech accusations.
I don't see how statistics can blame someone for doing something wrong .
To me the logic is vise versa. If some demographic group is not doing so well or is doing very well. It will be reflected in statistics if measured. If given source stats can be compared and differences in measurement methods reduced or highlighted.