In 1890, Southern states began to adopt explicit literacy tests to disenfranchise voters. This had a large differential racial impact, since 40-60% of blacks were illiterate, compared to 8-18% of whites. Poor, illiterate whites opposed the tests, realizing that they too would be disenfranchised.
We use the figure of $75 million a year, based on an average cost of $800 per abortion for 93,750 abortions. In 2009, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reported 93,755 abortions performed in Canada on Canadian women (the 2010 figure is 64,641, but that excludes Quebec).axpayers pay the full cost of all hospital and clinic abortions. There are five private abortion clinics in B.C and eighteen hospitals that provide abortion services. Manitoba. There were 4,150 abortions reported in Manitoba in 2010, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
As noted in The Times recently, giving birth in the U.S. is more expensive than any other country in the world. Total costs average $18,329 for a vaginal delivery and $27,866 for a C-section, with the bulk of the bill going to insurers.However, families with insurance still have to pay about $3400 out of pocket.What's ironic is we can't even claim that the extra expense pays off in healthier mothers and babies.s noted in The Times recently, giving birth in the U.S. is more expensive than any other country in the world. Total costs average $18,329 for a vaginal delivery and $27,866 for a C-section, with the bulk of the bill going to insurers.