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A new study estimates the number of Amish in North America has doubled since 1992 and increased nearly 10 percent in the past two years alone. MoreRelated story at Pew.

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Greg Linscott

Mon, 08/02/10 7:13 am

Anti-Contraception Might Explain

The study’s author, Don Kraybill, adds that about half of today’s Amish are under 18 years old.

Birth control and abortion are forbidden by religious doctrine, even when pregnancy is life threatening.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3446212] Source

Greg Linscott
Marshall, MN

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

(NASB, Proverbs 12:18)