Some facts on Abortion

WORLDWIDE

1)Number of abortions per year: aprx. 42 million

2)Number of abortions per day: aprx. 115,000

83% abortions are obtained in developing countries and 17% occur in developed countries.

USA

per year: 1.37 million

per day: aprx. 3700

52% are younger than 25

32% 20-24

Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15% account for 1.2%

Some other facts:

Four out of ten unintented pregnancies end in abortion।

Black women are almost 4 times as likely to have an abortion as white woman.

For women having abortions, 43% are Protestant and 27% identify as Catholic.