Why do women have abortions?

<0.5% Victim of rape

3% Fetal health problems

4% Physical health problems

4% Would interfere with education or career

7% Not mature enough to raise a child

8% Don't want to be a single mother

19% Done having children

23% Can't afford a baby

25% Not ready for a child

6% Other

Statistics from Abort73

How many abortions are happening yearly?

1996 --1,360,000

2000 -- 1,310,000

2002 -- 1,290,000

2005 -- 1,210,000

2008 -- 1,210,000

2011 --1,060,000

2014 -- 926,240

2017 -- 862,320

Statistics from Abort73

Black women were more than 3.5 times more likely to have an abortion than white women.

https://www.abort73.com/abortion/abortion_and_race/

• Total number of abortions in the U.S. 1973-2018: 61.8 million+

• 186 abortions per 1,000 live births (according to the Centers for Disease Control)

• U.S. Abortions in 2017: ~862,320 (Guttmacher Institute)from: https://www.all.org/learn/abortion/abortion-statistics/

• Abortions per day: 2362+ (GI)

• Abortions per hour: 98+ (GI)

• 1 abortion every 96 seconds (GI)

• 13.5 abortions / 1000 women aged 15-44 in 2017 (GIFrom: https://www.all.org/learn/abortion/abortion-statistics/

Medication abortions increased from 5% of all abortions in 2001 to 39% in 2017, even while the overall number of abortions declined. 

from: https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states

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