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On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions, by 7-2 votes, basically legalized abortion in the U.S. through all 9 months of pregnancy by providing women with a "right to privacy" and defining "health of the mother" as physical and emotional.
It is legal to obtain an abortion through all 9 months of pregnancy for elective reasons in all 50 states. (Check out the yellow pages under "Abortion Services" and read the ads.)
The estimated total number of preborn legally killed by abortion in the U.S. 1973-2003, is 41,500,000. These were future workers, consumers, tax payers, musicians, leaders, scientists, doctors, teachers, and inventors.
• Since 1973, abortion numbers increased until approximately 4,300 U.S. abortions occurred per day [1,550,000/yr, CDC figures]. In 1992, numbers began to drop slightly; by 1995, about 3,315 preborn were aborted per day. By 1997, the daily average number of abortions was 3,249 (1,186,039 preborn aborted in 1997).
Since 1997, three states no longer report to the CDC (CA, AK, NH); this makes it more difficult to estimate actual U.S. abortion numbers. CDC figures are about 12% lower than those released by the AGI (Alan Guttmacher Inst -Planned Parenthood).
19%-20% of U.S. women obtaining legal abortions in 2000 were teenagers, aged 10-19; about 33% were aged 20-24 years [CDC, 2000].
Thus, of the approximately 1.3 million abortions every year in the U.S., about 50-55% of the women having abortions are under 25 years old [National Abortion Federation]
Since 1973, approx. 41.5 MILLION babies have been legally destroyed by surgical abortion. According to industry trade group Computing Technology Industry Association, the US is NOT able to fill 269,000 high-tech jobs, costing US businesses about $4.5 billion annually in lost production. [HLA Action News, Spring 00]
• Only 1% - 2% of the approximately 1.3 million U.S. abortions each year are for the “hard cases” – rape and incest.
• In the U.S., late-term abortions destroy about 12,000-17,000 unborn humans, aged 21 weeks or older (5-9 months), each year; this averages to 33-46 late-term abortions every day [CDC].
• Partial-birth Infanticides are always elective: in a partial-birth abortion, in the fifth month of pregnancy or later, the abortionist pulls out of the womb a living baby, feet-first, all but the head. The skull is punctured at its base and the brain is suctioned out. The now-dead baby is completely delivered. Multitudes of physicians, and the American Medical Association, attest that this procedure is never necessary to save the life of a mother.
About 25%, that is, 1 of every 4, American babies conceived will die by abortion.
About 43%-50% of all U.S. abortions are repeat abortions; that is, the women have experienced previous abortions.
Abortion is the #1 frequently performed surgery in the USA.
Women who report no religious affiliation are about 4 times more likely to have an abortion than women who report some religious affiliation.
• Although African-Americans compose about 13% of the U.S. population, Black women had 36.3% of the 857,475 reported CDC abortions in 2000 = 311,263 abortions (some states do not report).
• Every day, over 853 African-American babies were killed by abortion in 2000 [CA, NH, AK not included]: 35 Black babies each hour. The U.S. abortion rate for Black women is 3 times higher than for white women. This has been a consistent trend since the late 1970s.
Hispanic women are 2 times more likely than whites to abort.
• In Alabama, 2002 data indicate that 10,648 abortions were performed at 10 licensed abortion sites. At least 4,851 women were White and 5,797 were Black & Other.
• While Blacks compose about 26% of the population of Alabama, Black women procured over 54% of the abortions in Alabama in 2002 [Center for Health Statistics, ADPH]
• In 2002, 795 Alabama girls under age 18 procured abortions; ages 10-19 procured 19% of AL abortions, and women aged 20-24 procured 35% of all abortions.
• About 29.2 preborn Alabama babies are aborted each day.
• Approximately 3000 preborn American babies are aborted each day in the U.S.
Worldwide, each year, an estimated 50 million abortions occur (about 1 million abortions per week) [Facts in Brief", published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute, research arm of Planned Parenthood, 1/1997]
• Research studies have shown the risk of substance abuse in women increases 4-5 times following an abortion.
• Now 29 of 39 studies worldwide (including 13 of 15 American research studies) show a significant link between Abortion and the development of Breast Cancer (ABC Link). One study (Dahling, a pro-abortion researcher) indicates that girls under 18 who abort their first pregnancy increase their risk of breast cancer by 150% (if the abortion is between the 9th and 24th week of pregnancy, the risk is 800%). [Dr. Janet Dahling, Jrnl of the National Cancer Inst, vol 86, no.21, 2Nov94]. [www.abortionbreastcancer.com]
• Abortion can be physically and emotionally harmful for women.
Abortion Hurts Women…
Abortion Is Forever…
[Family Research Council, 2003, www.frc.org]
HOW MANY HAVE WE LOST?
AMERICAN WAR CASUALTIES
Revolutionary War 25,324
Civil War 498,332
WWI 116,708
WWII 407,316
Korean War 54,246
Vietnam War 58,655
War Against the Unborn 43,000,000 (2004)
- Only about 1%-2% of the approximately 1.3 million U.S. abortions each year are for the "hard cases": rape, incest, mother’s life.
- It is legal to obtain an abortion through all 9 months of pregnancy for elective reasons in all 50 states. (Check out the yellow pages under "Abortion Services" and read the ads.)
- Partial-birth "Abortion" is elective; that is, it is not necessary to save the life of the mother. It also is not an "abortion" because the human child is in the birth canal, not in the uterus. Thus, it is actually Infanticide. During a partial-birth abortion, in the fifth month of pregnancy or later, the abortionist pulls out of the womb a living baby feet-first, all but the head. The skull is punctured and the brain suctioned out, and the now-dead baby is delivered. Multitudes of physicians attest that this procedure is not necessary to save the life of a mother.
- Women who report no religious affiliation are about 4 times more likely to have an abortion than women who report some religious affiliation
- When they enter college, 37% of women support abortion. Four years later, 73% support abortion. [Insight Magazine, 10/01-8/01; HLA Action News, Fall 2001]
- Approximately 84,000 college women become pregnant every year. [Washington Times, 7Mar01]
- On average, women give at least 3 reasons for choosing abortion: ¾ say a baby would interfere with work, school, etc.; about 2/3 say they cannot afford a child; and ½ say they do not want to be a single parent.
Abortion is physically and emotionally dangerous for women
- Abortion is purported as a decision between a woman and her doctor. Yet, over 90% of all abortions are performed at abortion sites where the pregnant woman usually sees the doctor for the first and only time when he arrives for the 15-minute "procedure".
- Child abuse, poverty and crime, which were supposed to decrease with legal abortion, have not.
- A large percentage of abortion sites operating currently are not licensed as ambulatory surgical facilities. As such, they are not monitored by State health agencies and are not required to meet basic standards of health quality set forth by State guidelines. States such as South Carolina are beginning to regulate abortion sites. However, many abortion providers are fighting these regulations.
- Abortion may be legal, but it is not safe. There are two victims - one is dead; one is wounded.
- Abortion exploits women: It is usually done by men (most abortionists are men). It is usually done for the benefit of men (keeps them from taking responsibility for their actions). Abortion is a very lucrative business.
- Abortion harms women: Physically: approximately 10% of first trimester legal abortions display complications. According to major studies, the risk of breast cancer is increased 50% if the first baby is aborted; other complications include bleeding, infections, uterine perforation, complications in future pregnancies, and sometimes death. Emotionally: 90% suffer post abortion stress syndrome (PASS) -- guilt, anger, depression, nightmares, alcohol abuse (5 times more likely), drug abuse, and suicide ideation.
TABLE I
The United States
TOTAL ABORTION DEATHS OTHER MATERNAL DEATHS TOTAL MATERNAL DEATHS
Year White Non-White Total White Non-White Total White Non-White Total
1942 917 314 1,231 4,598 1,438 6,036 5,515 1,752 7,267
1943 853 312 1,165 4,610 1,422 6,032 5,463 1,734 7,197
1944 695 201 986 3,953 1,421 5,473 4,468 1,622 6,369
1945 602 286 888 3,520 1,260 4,780 4,122 1,546 5,668
1946 535 225 760 3,272 1,121 4,493 3,807 1,346 5,253
1947 385 200 585 3,170 1,223 4,393 3,555 1,423 4,978
1948 321 175 496 2,432 1,194 3,626 2,753 1,369 4,122
1949 236 158 394 1,863 959 2,822 2,099 1,117 3,216
1950 193 123 316 1,680 964 2,644 1,873 1,087 2,960
1951 170 133 303 1,608 901 2,509 1,778 1,034 2,812
1952 196 124 320 1,428 862 2,290 1,624 986 2,610
1953 162 132 294 1,317 774 2,091 1,479 906 2,385
1954 156 131 287 1,124 694 1,818 1,280 825 2,105
1955 150 116 266 984 651 1,635 1,134 767 1,901
1956 138 83 221 880 601 1,481 1,081 684 1,702
1957 126 134 260 871 615 1,486 997 749 1,746
1958 136 123 259 802 520 1,322 938 643 1,581
1959 138 146 284 789 515 1,304 927 661 1,588
1960 289 1,290 1,579
1961 324 1,249 1,573
1962 305 1,160 1,465
1963 272 1,466 1,738
1964 117 130 247 634 462 1,096 751 592 1,343
1965 106 129 235 550 404 954 656 533 1,189
1966 96 93 189 509 351 860 605 444 1,049
1967 76 84 160 495 332 827 571 416 987
1968 133 726 859
1969 132 669 801
1970 128 675 803
1971 120 610 730
1972 140 640 780
1973 NOT YET AVAILABLE (in 1974)
[National Center for Health Statistics] [taken from testimony of Hellegers, M.D., Abortion: Help or Hindrance to Public Health?, found elsewhere in this abortion section]
Table 2
Maternal Abortion Deaths
1940-1985
Estimated Number of Deaths Due To:
Total Number
Abortions Induced Illegal Spontaneous Induced Abortion
Year for Legal Reasons Abortions Abortions Maternal Deaths
1940 94 1,313 272 1,407
1941 78 1,080 224 1,158
1942 70 962 199 1,032
1943 65 910 189 975
1944 55 770 160 825
1945 50 694 144 744
1946 43 593 123 636
1947 33 457 95 490
1948 28 388 80 416
1949 26 298 70 324
1950 17 246 53 263
1951 31 226 46 257
1952 21 249 50 270
1953 14 230 50 244
1954 21 223 43 244
1955 13 211 42 224
1956 11 174 36 185
1957 10 209 41 219
1958 1 215 43 216
1959 5 235 44 240
1960 10 241 38 251
1961 4 271 49 275
1962 5 253 47 258
1963 5 234 41 239
1964 5 207 35 212
1965 4 197 34 201
1966 1 159 29 160
1967 4 135 21 139
1968 2 109 22 111
1969 1 115 16 116
1970 10 109 9 119
1971 15 75 9 90
1972 24 41 25 65
1973 25 22 10 47
1974 26 7 21 33
1975 29 5 14 34
1976 11 3 13 14
1977 17 4 16 21
1978 9 8 9 17
1979 18 0 9 18
1980 9 2 6 11
1981 7 1 3 8
1982 11 1 6 12
1983 10 1 7 11
1984 11 1 6 12
1985 6 2 6 8
Sources: Data for 1940-1971 are from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); data for 1972-1985 (the last year for which data are available) are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through 1971, the "Illegal Abortion Deaths" column is the sum of deaths reported as due to "Abortions Induced for Other Reasons" and "Other and Unspecified Abortions" by NCHS. (NCHS reports abortion-related deaths as due to these two causes as well as to "Abortions Induced for Legal Reasons" or "Spontaneous Abortions.") From 1972 onward, the "Illegal Abortion Deaths" column aggregates those reported by CDC under that heading as well as those reported as "Other" and "Unknown".
[Life Without Roe, Horatio R. Storer Foundation, p.11]
Industy Losses. Since 1973, approx. 41.5 MILLION babies have been legally destroyed by surgical abortion. According to industry trade group Computing Technology Industry Assoc, the US is NOT able to fill 269,000 high-tech jobs, costing US businesses about $4.5 billion annually in lost production. [HLA Action News, Spring 00]
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