Infants Now Murdered As Often As Teens



The homicide rate for U.S. infants is now virtually equal to the murder rate for teenagers, according to a new analysis of government data that revealed a surprising demographic milestone.



A slow, 30-year rise in the infanticide rate, coupled with a sharp -- and more widely reported -- drop in teen homicides, means the two groups are now being murdered at almost equal rates, according to the study's director, Brett Brown, databank supervisor for Child Trends, the independent research organization that issued a report last week.







Eric Johnson at Catholic Light furnished the link to this story from the Washington Post, and offers insightful comment.



We'd do well to remember these grim statistics, and the broken bodies of these children, in a special way on 28 December, joining them in memorial to the Holy Innocents.