05-14-2011, 02:07 AM
Here are some facts about abortion.
Teenagers do not account for most abortions in the USA.
Percentage of total abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio, by age group of women who obtained an abortion --- selected states,* United States, 2007
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* Data are for 48 areas; excludes California, Florida, Maryland, and New Hampshire.
44.1% of women in the USA who had abortions had already had at least 1 abortion previously.
CDC Report
In India, there is an all too common practice of aborting children in the womb if they are females.
Teenagers do not account for most abortions in the USA.
Quote:Among the 48 areas that reported by age for 2007, women aged 20--29 years accounted for the majority (56.9%) of abortions and had the highest abortion rates (29.4 and 21.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20--24 and 25--29 years, respectively)
Percentage of total abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio, by age group of women who obtained an abortion --- selected states,* United States, 2007
* Data are for 48 areas; excludes California, Florida, Maryland, and New Hampshire.
44.1% of women in the USA who had abortions had already had at least 1 abortion previously.
CDC Report
In India, there is an all too common practice of aborting children in the womb if they are females.
Quote:More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years, according to medical research.BBC reporting on Lancet study
Researchers in India and Canada for the Lancet journal said prenatal selection and selective abortion was causing the loss of 500,000 girls a year.