Title: Abortion Facts
Headings: Abortion Facts & Statistics
Abortion Facts & Statistics
Abortion Facts, Statistics and Methods
Abortion Statistics
How many abortions are performed in the United States each year?
What is the current trend in incidence of abortion?
How many abortions have been performed in the united States since it was legalized nationwide?
How old are women having abortions?
Abortions for Women Less than 15 years:
Abortions for Women Age 15-19:
Abortions for Women Age 20-24:
Abortions for Women Age 25-29:
Abortions for Women Age 30-34:
Abortions for Women Age 35-39:
Abortions for Women Age 40+:
What percentage of pregnancies end in abortion?
What is the Race/Ethnicity of the Women having Abortions?
How does Economic Status Affect who has Abortions?
How Many Abortions are Performed at each Stage of Pregnancy?
Gestational Age Percentage Yearly Total
What reasons do women give for having abortions?
What percentage of all abortions are because of “hard cases”?
Is Abortion Ever Necessary to Save a Woman’s Life?
What are the Various Methods of Abortion?
Suction (Vacuum) Aspiration
Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
Intracardiac Injection Abortion
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)
Dilation and Extraction (D&X or Partial-birth Abortion)
Instillation (Saline) Abortion
Chemical (Medical) Abortion
How is a Suction (Vacuum) Aspiration abortion performed?
How is a D&C Abortion Performed?
How is an Intracardiac Injection Abortion Performed?
How is a Dilation and Extraction (D&E) Abortion Performed?
How is a D&X or “Partial Birth” Abortion Performed?
How is an Instillation (Saline) Abortion Performed?
How is a Chemical (Medical) Abortion Performed?
More Numbers and Statistics
Are males and females equally likely to be aborted?
International Abortion Statistics:
Abortion Fact References, Sources and Citations:

Content: The Guttmacher Institute reports the abortion rates by race/ethnicity: White: 39%
Black: 28%
Hispanic: 25%
Other: 9%
While blacks and Hispanics comprise only 31.5% of the population, they account for 53% of all abortions. This demonstrates a much higher abortion rate for minorities. How does Economic Status Affect who has Abortions? Poverty is often cited as the reason for needing legal abortion. In 2014: