Abortion: Its Scope 

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The Facts About Abortion:

• As many as 1/3 of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion.

• In the United States, there are an estimated 1.33 million abortions annually.

• There are an estimated 50 million abortions worldwide annually.

• In some cities in America abortions have outnumbered live births.

• Abortion is said to be the most common surgical procedure in America.

• The U.S. may have the highest abortion rate of any western industrialized nation.

• As many as 1 in 7 women in the U.S. may have had at least one abortion by age 20.

• By age 45, approximately 43% of women in the U.S. will have had at least one abortion.

• Of all unplanned pregnancies, more abort than give birth (47% abort vs. 40% give birth).

• Of those who abort, nearly 50% may be expected to abort again.

• Each day, more children are being murdered. On average, one child is killed daily, as often as every 20 seconds by abortion - for a total of thousands of killings every day. The killings by abortion are violent and may be painful for the child. These children had done nothing wrong; they were killed for the 'convenience' of their mothers, even though it was due to their own mothers' actions that they were conceived. They never had a voice or a vote. Most of these aborted children never received baptism. Note: Click here  for visual display representing the children killed daily in the U.S. by abortion (Prayer Counter).

• "The number of abortions in this country has exceeded, many times over, the number of Americans killed in all U.S. wars combined."

• Within about the first 20 years since the Supreme Court 'legalized' abortion in the U.S., American women have aborted more children than the entire population of Canada. 

• The number of abortions in the 20th century has caused this century [the 1900's] to be called "the bloodiest century in history."

More Facts:

• Abortion is related to promiscuity. Unmarried women account for an estimated 75% of abortions. 

• It has been reported that 75% of women in the U.S. who have abortions did so because "having a baby would interfere with work, school or other responsibilities". Other common reasons for abortion may include: finances, not ready for responsibility, changes required in birth mother's life, relationship problems, age, and immaturity.

• Sex selection is used as a motive for many abortions.

• Abortions by race: Caucasians may account for 41% of all abortions, followed by African Americans (36%), and Hispanics (17%).

• Abortions by religion: Abortions procured by Protestants may make up over 37% of all abortions, while those procured by those who consider themselves Catholics, about 31%.

• Americans never voted for the 'right' to kill children. Abortion was imposed on our nation by seven Supreme Court justices in the name of privacy. [Please note: We are not implying that a vote could ever make the horrible crime of abortion acceptable.] 

• Abortion hurts women. Click here for more information

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