Abortion Statistics

World Wide:
number of abortions per year: About 42 Million
number of abortions per day: About 115,000

United States:
number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million
number of abortions per day: 3,700

Age of women obtaining abortions:
52% are younger than 25 and 32% of that are women who are 20-25. Teenagers obtain 20% and children younger than 15 account for 1.2%

Abortions by race:
White: 60%
Black: 3 times more likely than white women
Hispanic: 2 time more likely than white women

Abortions by Marital Status:
Never-married: 64.4%
Married: 18.4%
Divorced: 9.4%

Why abortions occur:
1% rape
6% Potential health problems
93% are unwanted children!