Title: Abortions In America
Headings: Abortions In America
Abortions In America
Content: • 12% of abortions in the U.S. occurred in teenagers. WHY WOMEN GET ABORTIONS
• Some 1.06 million abortions were performed in 2011, down from 1.21 million abortions in 2008, a decline of 13%. • Women who have never been married account for one-third of abortions in America. • Less than 1% of all abortions take place because of rape and/or incest. Women give an average of 3.7 reasons why they are seeking an abortion including the following: • 21% Inadequate finances
• 21% Not ready for responsibility
• 16% Woman’s life would be changed too much
• 12% Problems with relationships, unmarried
• 11% Too young and/or immature
• 8% Children are grown; she has all she wants
• 3% Baby has possible health problems
• <1% Pregnancy caused by rape/incest
• 4% Other
ABORTION BY GESTATIONAL AGE
Of all abortions at 8 weeks or under, 71.2% are surgical procedures while 28.5% are medication abortions. Read: Number of Late-term Abortion Facilities in the USA May Surprise You
ABORTION BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE
ABORTION BY MATERNAL AGE
View an Archive of Documented Abortion Patient Death Reports by Operation Rescue
ABORTION BY RACE
• Blacks comprise only 13% of the population of America but account for 37% of all abortions. • Black women are five times more likely to abort than white women.