by APFLI | Jan 28, 2006 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Latest Abortion Statistics — 2007 — for the USA For the U.S.A. The number of abortions reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) during 2007 (last available), and corrected for California's refusal to report abortion data (24% of total,...
by APFLI | Jan 4, 2006 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
By Peggy Hartshorn Reproductive health is currently code language for abortion (surgical abortion, and medical such as RU486), birth control services, many of which can be abortifacient (such as the morning after pill, or emergency contraception), and condoms,...
by APFLI | Jan 2, 2006 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
By Paige Comstock Cunningham To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the pro-life movements death were greatly exaggerated. Despite the appointment of a new pro-abortion Supreme Court justice (Ginsburg) the legal battle for life lives on. Moreover, the history of...
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Incidence of Induced Abortion in the United StatesRaymond J. Adamek, Ph.D. How many legal abortions are there in the USA now, and how many induced abortions (legal and illegal) took place prior to the Supreme Courts 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which permitted abortion...
by APFLI | Sep 27, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
In 1987, the Pro-Life Action League hosted its first Meet the Abortion Providers Conference. We invited former abortionists to tell their stories publicly for the first time. They revealed what led them into the abortion business, how their work killing babies...
by APFLI | Sep 26, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
The Dilatation and Evacuation (D&E) Abortion Procedure — Analysts of public opinion widely acknowledge that the public debate on partial-birth abortion, beginning in 1995, caused many Americans to re-evaluate their assessment of whether abortion should be...
by APFLI | Sep 26, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Roe vs. Wade has been good to Edward Allred, but abortion is just one of his lucrative businesses… Her slightly swollen belly concealed beneath an oversized men’s undershirt, a young black woman scuffles into the Family Planning Associates Medical Group,...
by APFLI | Sep 26, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
A Texas pro-life activist says he has collected 8,000 examples over the last decade of abortionists participating in crimes, including sexual assault, sexual harassment and murder. Mark Crutcher [founder and president of Life Dynamics] says he hopes that by sharing...
by APFLI | Sep 26, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Of the roughly 2000 doctors who now perform abortions, more than half are 50 & over, and many are nearing retirement. According to AGI, 866 abortion sites stopped performing abortions between 1982 and 1996, representing a 30% decline from 2,908 to 2,042. The...
by APFLI | Sep 26, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
A report form the Alan Guttmacher Institute provides wide ranging statistics and demographic information on women who had abortions. In addition to reporting that abortion numbers continued to drop in 2001 and 2002, the report contains findings that may bolster...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Click here to view a power point presentation by AAPLOG which describes the current medical understanding of Mifeprex, formerly but more popularly known as RU 486....
by APFLI | Jul 19, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Data voluntarily reported from 49 reporting areas: 853,485 legal induced abortions – 0.5% decrease [CA, NH, AK not included] [857,475 legal abortions for same 49 reporting areas in 2000]. The abortion ratio [abortions per 1,000 live births] was 246 in 2001...
by APFLI | Apr 10, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
"I have fetus dreams, we all do here: dreams of abortions one after the other; of buckets of blood splashed on the walls; trees full of crawling fetuses," reported Sallie T. of her time as a nurse in an abortion center. What is the emotional impact on...
by APFLI | Feb 20, 2005 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Planned Parenthood Federation of America has increased funding [from $199,761 in 2002 to $849,769 in 2003] for a marketing campaign to legalize abortion in Latin America with plans to maintain this level through 2009. IPPF’s western hemisphere region (WHR) plans...
by APFLI | Dec 18, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Abortions outnumber live births in Russia nearly 2 to 1. The women I spoke to…took it for granted that they had friends who’d chide them with “I’ve had thirty abortions already, what’s the big deal?” when they had...
by APFLI | Nov 27, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
The Food and Drug Administration's announcement that it will strengthen the warning label for the drug RU-486, known by the brand name Mifeprex and often called the French abortion pill, is a case of too little too late. Three Americans have died (as of Nov 2004)...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Abstinence, Sex Education & Abortion:The Connection As we begin our walk into the third millenium, we are constantly met with the present problems of teen/young adult non-marital pregnancy, STDs, emotional brokenness, suicide, failure to bond, failure to...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
ABORTION AND THE DEFINITION OF THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN LIFE Until the 1970s, medical professionals, human rights groups, and birth control providers traditionally understood human life to begin at conception/fertilization: Hippocratic Oath The ancient Greek...
by APFLI | Aug 22, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
It is essential for a doctor or pregnancy counselor to understand the dangers involved in a mifeprex abortion. This paper will cover: l. How Mifeprex works 2. the Mifeprex program 3. The usual clinical course 4. Complications and dangers of the Mifeprex abortion...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
Sound of children playing strains abortion-bound mothers – A Marie Stopes International Australia abortion site is objecting to a planned childcare centre being built next door they are worried that the happy sounds of children playing will be upsetting to...