And more fun "FACTS." (Know the teasing is in good humor, Timm.
, but this is stuff you should know if you're going to argue these things well)
From the CDC website, backing up brian's post about infant mortality- it's highest in the South:
<<Infant mortality rates were higher for infants whose mothers had no prenatal care, were teenagers, had less education, or were unmarried.
Infant mortality rates are higher for infants of women who were born in the United States, compared with women born outside the United States.
Infant mortality rates also varied greatly by State. Rates are generally higher for States in the South and lowest for States in the West and Northeast. Infant mortality rates for 2000-2002 among States ranged from 10.5 for Mississippi to 4.8 for Massachusetts.
Non-Hispanic black women had the highest infant mortality rate in the United States in 2004 – 13.60 per 1,000 live births compared to 5.66 per 1,000 births among non-Hispanic white women. Women of Cuban ethnicity in the United States had the lowest infant mortality rate – 4.55 per 1,000 live births.>>
And this happy headline from CNN:
"U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says"
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/paren...dex/index.html