U.S. Abortion Statistics by U.S. State abortion statistics, Race, Age are presented. Also available Worldwide abortion statistics, teen abortion statistics
abortion statistics by race are not found here.
statistics on abortion are found here.
partial birth abortion statistics are available here.
abortion statistics in 1999 are not yet available
statistics abortion and other information are here.
abortion and statistics: the site provides a good overview.
usa abortion statistics are about 1.3 million a year.
the statistics on abortion are widely available.
statistics of abortion on a worldwide basis are about 46 million annually.
abortion statistics married women can be found
abortion statistics year 2000 are yet to be released.
teen abortion statistics are rather high.
abortion statistics teen 2000 are not yet released.
U.S. State abortion statistics are broken down nicely.
Statistics by race or age are found here also.
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U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Rate Drops For 10th
Straight Year
 Note: These are the most current (2/19/04)
statistics available (there is a considerable delay with the collection of
Abortion Statistics.)
In 2000, 83.6 in 1,000
women aged 15-19 became pregnant-a 28% decline
from 1990, when the teenage pregnancy rate reached a high of 116.9 per
1,000 women. Declines also took place among all racial and ethnic
groups and in every state in 2000.
The teenage birth and abortion rates also declined
between 1990 and 2000. (Pregnancies are calculated as the sum
of births, miscarriages (including stillbirths) and abortions.)
Teenage pregnancy rates in 2000 varied widely by state, ranging from
42 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in North
Dakota to 113 per 1,000 in Nevada. The rate in the
District of Columbia was 128 per 1,000.
Declines also occurred among adolescents in all racial and ethnic
groups. The pregnancy rate among black women aged 15-19 declined 32%
between 1990 and 2000 to 153 per 1,000 women; among white teenagers
it declined 28% to 71 per 1,000. The rate among
Hispanic teenagers fell 15% from 1992-2000
(following a brief increase from 1990-1992) to 139
per 1,000. Previous research suggests that
both declines in sexual activity and increased use
of more effective contraceptives are responsible for the
continued declines in teenage pregnancy.
One report found that about 25% of the decline in
teenage pregnancy between 1988 and 1995 was due to decreased sexual
activity, while 75% was due to more effective contraceptive practice.
source:
The Alan Guttmacher Institute,
February 19, 2004 |
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"With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself
to be pro-choice or pro-life?"
- Pro-life rose from 33% to 43%
- Pro-choice declined from 56% to 48%
Source: Gallop Poll as reported in the New York Times,
1/21/01 |
Number of Abortions Performed in the
United States
(AGI) (CDC)
1973 744,600 615,831
1974 898,600 763,476
1975 1,034,200 854,853
1976 1,179,300 988,267
1977 1,316,700 1,079,430
1978 1,409,600 1,157,776
1979 1,497,700 1,251,921
1980 1,553,900 1,297,606
1981 1,577,300 1,300,760
1982 1,573,900 1,303,980
1983 1,575,000 1,268,987
1984 1,577,200 1,333,521
1985 1,588,600 1,328,570
1986 1,574,000 1,328,112
1987 1,559,100 1,353,671
1988 1,590,800 1,371,285
1989 1,566,900 1,396,658
1990 1,608,600 1,429,577
1991 1,556,500 1,388,937
1992 1,528,900 1.359,145
1993 1,500,000 1,330,414
1994 1,431,000 1,267,415
1995 1,363,690 1,210,883
1996 1,365,730 1,221,585
1997 1,365,730
1,186,039
1998 1,365,730
884,273*
1999 1,365,730
861,789*
2000 1,312,990
857,475**
2001 1,303,000& 853,485**
2002 1,293,000&
2003 1,293,000&&
2004 1,293,000&&
&AGI estimate
&&NRLC base figure
*excludes NH, CA, AK, OK
**excludes NH, CA, AK
- 40+ MILLION ABORTIONS SINCE 1973
- 4,000 each day
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AGI - Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood)
CDC - Centers for Disease Control
NRLC - National Right To Life Committee
CIRTL - Central Illinois Right To Life
Source:
AGI - Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood)
CDC - Centers for Disease Control
NRLC - National Right To Life Committee
CIRTL - Central Illinois Right To Life
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AGI - Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood)
CDC - Centers for Disease Control
NRLC - National Right To Life Committee
CIRTL - Central Illinois Right To Life
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Age Group &
Race
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'72 |
'76 |
'80 |
'85 |
'90 |
'91 |
'92 |
'93 |
'94 |
| Age (years) |
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| <=19 |
32.6 |
32.1 |
29.2 |
26.3 |
22.4 |
21.0 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
20.2 |
| 20-24 |
32.5 |
33.3 |
35.5 |
34.7 |
33.2 |
34.4 |
34.5 |
34.4 |
33.5 |
| >=25 |
34.9 |
34.6 |
35.3 |
39.0 |
44.4 |
44.6 |
45.4 |
45.6 |
46.3 |
| Race |
| White |
77.0 |
66.6 |
69.9 |
66.6 |
64.8 |
63.8 |
61.5 |
60.9 |
60.5 |
| Black |
23.0 |
33.4 |
30.1 |
29.8 |
31.8 |
32.5 |
33.9 |
34.9 |
34.7 |
| Other |
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3.5 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
January 3, 1997, Vol. 45 / Nos. 51 & 52. Published by Centers for Disease Control,
Atlanta. |
- The overwhelming majority of all abortions, (95%), are done as a means of birth control.
- Only 1% are performed because of rape or incest;
- 1% because of fetal abnormalities;
- 3% due to the mother's health problems.
Source: Central Illinois Right To Life |
- Wants to postpone childbearing: 25.5%
- Wants no (more) children: 7.9%
- Cannot afford a baby: 21.3%
- Having a child will disrupt education or job: 10.8%
- Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy: 14.1%
- Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy: 12.2%
- Risk to maternal health: 2.8%
- Risk to fetal health: 3.3%
- Other: 2.1%
Source:Bankole, Akinrinola; Singh, Susheela; Haas,
Taylor. Reasons Why Women Have Induced Abortions: Evidence from
27 Countries. International Family Planning Perspectives,
1998, 24(3):117–127 & 152 As reported by:The Alan
Guttmacher Institute Online:
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- Abortion is legal in the USA at any time throughout the entire nine
months of pregnancy... FOR ANY REASON (due to a
woman's "mental health" exception)
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Number of
abortions per year: Approximately 46 Million
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 126,000
Where
abortions occur:
78% of all abortions are obtained in developing countries and 22%
occur in developed countries.
Legality
of abortion:
About 26 million women obtain legal abortions each year, while an
additional 20 million abortions are obtained in countries where it is
restricted or prohibited by law.
Abortion
averages:
Worldwide, the lifetime average is about 1 abortion per woman.
source: Center
for Bioethical Reform |
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1/16/06
New York,
NY (LifeNews.com) --
A new poll conducted by CBS News finds a majority of Americans
oppose virtually all abortions in the United States. Those polled said they
want either no abortions to occur or for abortion to be limited to very rare
circumstances.
Some 55
percent of Americans took a pro-life position on abortion. Of those, 33
percent said abortions should be "permitted only in cases such as rape,
incest and to save the woman's life."
The survey
found 17 percent said they would limit abortion only to cases where a
woman's life is in danger and 5 percent said abortions should never be
permitted.
The Alan
Guttmacher Institute, a research group affiliated with Planned Parenthood,
conducted a comprehensive survey in 2004 to find out why women have
abortions.
Asked to
list the most important reason for the abortion, just 4.5 percent of women
cited rape, incest or the pregnancy causing life-threatening or severe
health problems. Just .5 percent of women said the abortion was because they
were a victim of rape.
As a result,
55 percent of those polled indicated they oppose 95 percent or more of the
1.3 million abortions annually in the United States.
Just 42
percent in the CBS News poll indicated they support legalized abortion, with
27 percent saying abortion should be permitted in all cases. Some 15 percent
indicated they backed legal abortion but believed it should be "subject to
greater restrictions than it is now."
That means
70 percent of Americans in the CBS News poll believe greater limits should
be placed on abortions.
CBS News
conducted the same poll in July 2005 and found a 53-43 percent pro-life
breakdown on abortion -- a net change of 3 percent in favor of the pro-life
position n the January 2006 poll.
The CBS News
poll featured telephone interviews with 1,151 American adults and was
conducted from January 4-8. The margin of error is 3 percent.
Source: Pro-Life Infonet |
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(AP) - Number of abortions per state in 1996, with the rate
per 1,000 women:
- Alabama 13,826, 14
- Alaska 2,139, 15
- Arizona 11,016, 11
- Arkansas 5,882, 11
- California 280,180, 39
- Colorado 9,710, 11
- Connecticut 14,094, 20
- Delaware 4,482, 26
- District of Columbia 13,674, NA
- Florida 80,040, 27
- Georgia 35,790, 20
- Hawaii 4,916, 19
- Idaho 1,022, 4
- Illinois 53,613, 20
- Indiana 13,341, 10
- Iowa 7,602, 12
- Kansas 10,685, 19
- Kentucky 7,000, 8
- Louisiana 11,865, 12
- Maine 2,615, 9
- Maryland 12,363, 10
- Massachusetts 29,293, 21
- Michigan 30,208, 14
- Minnesota 14,193, 13
- Mississippi 4,206, 7
- Missouri 11,629, 10
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- Montana 2,763, 15
- Nebraska 5,214, 14
- Nevada 6,965, 20
- New Hampshire 2,300, 8
- New Jersey 31,860, 18
- New Mexico 5,033, 13
- New York 152,991, 37
- North Carolina 33,554, 20
- North Dakota 1,291, 9
- Ohio 36,530, 15
- Oklahoma 6,769, 10
- Oregon 13,767, 20
- Pennsylvania 38,004, 15
- Rhode Island 5,437, 24
- South Carolina 9,326, 11
- South Dakota 901, 6
- Tennessee 17,989, 15
- Texas 91,470, 21
- Utah 3,639, 8
- Vermont 2,139, 16
- Virginia 25,770, 16
- Washington 26,138, 21
- West Virginia 2,470, 6
- Wisconsin 13,673, 12
- Wyoming 208, 2
- Total 1,221,585, 20
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Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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