2010: Abortion in the United States

The Consequences of Roe v. Wade

51,935,398
Total Abortions since 1973

"And God said, Let us make man in our own image, in our likeness, ... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them." - Genesis 1:26a & 27

Every human life that is conceived is a miracle and a gift from God.  How heartbreaking that thousands of these little miracles of God are being destroyed every day.

Since abortion was made legal in 1973, 38 years ago, nearly 52 million pre-born babies have been violently destroyed; have been denied the most basic of all rights, the right to life. Our Declaration of Independence calls this an unalienable right.

How many is 52 million? This will give you an idea...

• Michigan has a population of 9,969,727. All of the people in Michigan would be wiped out.
• Wisconsin has a population of 5,266,214. All of the people in Wisconsin would be wiped out.
• Minnesota has a population of 5,266,214. All of the people in Minnesota would be wiped out.
• Iowa has a population of 3,007,856. All of the people in Iowa would be wiped out.
• North Dakota has a population of 646,844. All of the people in North Dakota would be wiped out.
• South Dakota has a population of 812,383. All of the people in South Dakota would be wiped out.
• Nebraska has a population of 1,796,619. All of the people in Nebraska would be wiped out.
• Kansas has a population of 2,818,747. All of the people in Kansas would be wiped out.
• Louisiana has a population of 4,492,076. All of the people in Oklahoma would be wiped out.
• Montana has a population of 974,989. All of the people in Montana would be wiped out.
• Wyoming has a population of 544,270. All of the people in Wyoming would be wiped out.
• Colorado has a population of 5,024,748. All of the people in Colorado would be wiped out.
• Utah has a population of 2,784,572. All of the people in Utah would be wiped out.
• Arizona has a population of 6,595,778. All of the people in Arizona would be wiped out.
• Idaho has a population of 1,545,801. All of the people in Idaho would be wiped out.

That totals 51,935,398. Can you imagine all of these states without one person in them?

That is approximately how many little pre-born babies, created in God's image, have been killed since 1973.

Abortion Statistics

• The annual number of abortions went from 744,600 in the first of year of legalization, to a high of over 1.6 million in 1990. In 2008, there were 1,212,400.
• There were nearly 3,300 abortions per day in 2008....137 each hour.... 2.3 per minute and one every 26 seconds.
• For every 1,000 live births, there were 510 abortions in 2008.
  There were more than 88,000 second and third trimester abortions in 2005.
• In 2000, more children died from abortion than Americans died in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars combined.
• Women have cited 'social reasons', not mother's health or rape/incest as their motivation in approximately 93% of all abortions.
• A June, 1999 Wirthlin Poll found that 62% of respondents support legal abortion in only three or fewer circumstances when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, or when it threatens the life of the mother.
• At an average cost of $413, the abortion business is a $500 million a year industry.  Nearly half of all abortions are obtained by women who have already had at least one abortion. In 2005, women who had already had 3 or more abortions obtained 19% or over 47,000 abortions each year.
• African/American women represented 14% of the U.S. population of women of child bearing age in 2005 but accounted for 35% of all abortions performed that year in America.
• Hispanic/American women represented 13% of the U. S. population of women of child bearing age in 2005 but accounted for 19% of all abortions performed that year in America.
• At least 80% of all bortions are performed on unmarried women.
• The abortion ratio for unmarried women is 510 abortions for every 1,000 live births.  For married women it is 61 abortions for every 1,000 live births.
• Women between the ages of 20-24 obtained 33% of all abortions.
• 50% of US women obtaining abortions are younger than 25; women aged 20-24 obtain 33% of all US abortions and teenagers obtain 17%.
• Adolescents under 15 years obtained less than 1% of all abortions, but have the highest abortion ratio, 773 abortions for every 1,000 live births.
• 47% of women who have had abortions had at least one previous abortion.
• Black women are more than 4.8 times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.7 times as likely.
• 43% of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% identify themselves as Catholic.

Note: Statistics taken from the Alan Guttmacher Institute (an arm of Planned Parenthood) and the CDC: Center for Disease Control.

Abortion Statistics: State of Michigan

According to the Michigan Department of Community Health:

• In 2009, the total number of abortions in Michigan was 21,804.
• The number of abortions in Michigan has decreased 54% since 1987.
• In 2009, 51.5% of the resident women receiving abortions had no previous induced abortions.
• From 1985 through 2009, a gradual increase has been observed with the proportion of women reporting two or more induced abortions, going from 14.6% in 1985 to 22.6% in 2009.
• The majority of Michigan residents receiving induced abortions (52.2%) were under 25 years of age, while 18.8% percent were less than 20 years old.
• In 2009, 89.4% of women obtain abortions in Michigan were unmarried.
• 2009 saw 355 abortions performed on women who lived in either Allegan or Ottawa Counties, down from 427 in 2007.
• In 2009, 50.7% of women obtaining an induced abortion were white (down from 51.4% in 2007), 42.5% were black (up from 41.9% in 2007), and 1.9% were Asian/Pacific Islander (down from 2.3% in 2007).