Abortion Facts
70.2% of women who seek abortions claim to be christians.
There are 1,300,000 legal abortions each year in the U.S. Since 1973 there have been over 46,000,000 abortions, which is more than the combined populations of the states of Texas and New York.
There are 2.47 abortions per minute, 148 per hour, 3,561 per day.
In the time it takes to read this page, 2 children are murdered by abortion.
Reasons given for abortion:
76% Having a baby will change my life.
68% Cannot afford a baby now.
51% Want to avoid single parenthood.
31% Unready for responsibility.
31% Don't want others to know of pregnancy.
30% Not mature enough to have a child.
7% Fetus has a health problem.
1% Woman was a victim of rape or incest.
(Family Planning Perspectives, July/August 1988, pp169-170)