ABORTION STATS
U.S. Abortion Deaths Compared to U.S. War Deaths
Revolutionary War – 4,435 deaths
Civil War (both sides) – 498,332 deaths
World War I -116,708
World War II – 407,316
Korea – 25,604 death
Vietnam – 58,168 deaths
Total killed due to abortion since 1973 – 35,000,000 (35 million deaths). This is a 1996 statistic the no. of legal abortions performed to date in the U.S. exceeds 47 million.
WHO’S HAVING ABORTIONS (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25:
Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions;
Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%
WHO’S HAVING ABORTIONS (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women.
Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion.
Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.
WHO’S HAVING ABORTIONS (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never married women.
Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions.
Divorced women obtain 9.4%
WHO’S HAVING ABORTIONS (religion)?
Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.
Catholic women account for 31.3%
Jewish women account for 1.3%
Women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions.
18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as “Born-again / Evangelical.”
An average of 666 abortions each and every day!
WHO’S HAVING ABORTIONS (income)?
Women with family incomes less than $15,000 obtain 28.7% of all abortions.
Women with family incomes between $15,000 and $29,999 obtain 19.5%
Women with family incomes between $30,000 and $59,999 obtain 38.0%
Women with family incomes over $60,000 obtain 13.8%
WHY WOMEN HAVE ABORTIONS
1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest;
6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child.
93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).
AT WHAT GESTATIONAL AGES ARE ABORTIONS PERFORMED:
52% of all abortions occur before the 9th week of pregnancy.
25% happen between the 9th & 10th week.
12% happen between the 11th & 12th week.
6% happen between the 13th & 15th week.
4% happen between the 16th & 20th week.
1% of all abortions (16,450 / yr.) happen after the 20th week of pregnancy.
LIKELIHOOD OF ABORTION:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old.
47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion.
BABIES BORN OUT OF WEDLACK
78% black
15% Hispanic
7% white
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