ABORTION-CONTRACEPTION CONNECTION - ABORTION INDUSTRY COMMENTS

Pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute [research arm of Planned Parenthood] has repeatedly reported on major surveys that show 56%-58% of all women having abortions were using contraception the month they became pregnant.

Alan Guttmacher Institute researcher Stanley K. Henshaw- “Contraceptive users appear to have been more motivated to prevent births than were nonusers”

Alan Guttmacher Institute researcher Stan E. Weed-“[F]or every 1000 teens between 15-19 years of age enrolled in family planning clinics, we can expect between 50 to 120 more pregnancies”

Infamous “sexologist” Alfred Kinsey, 1955- “At the risk of being repetitious, I would remind the group that we have found the highest frequency of induced abortions in the groups which, in general, most frequently uses contraception”

Abortionist Judith Bury, 1981- “There is overwhelming evidence that, contrary to what you might expect, the provision of contraception leads to an increase in the abortion rate.”

National Survey of Family Growth- Contraceptive failure rates show 7% for the pill, 16% for the condom, 22% for the diaphragm, and 30% for spermicide. Figures are even higher for unmarried people.

Sociologist Lionel Tiger, 1999- “With effective contraception controlled by women, there are still more abortions than ever…[C]ontraception causes abortion”

Abortionist Malcolm Potts, 1976- “As people turn to contraception, there will be a rise, not a fall, in the abortion rate”.

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In a study of abortion patients in 1994-95 [Alan Guttmacher Inst.], 58% of patients reported that they ‘currently used’ contraception during the month of their last menstrual period…

[CDC, MMWR, 7June02, "Abortion Surveillance – United States, 1998"]

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Two-thirds of unplanned pregnancies occur among women who described themselves as using birth control, [May 2003 issue of the journal Human Reproduction, Researchers from the Hospital de Bicetre in France]

Among the women who became pregnant unintentionally, 65% reported using contraception.

[The Washington Post, 5/5/03]