55% of adults are against legalized abortion in all or most circumstances, while 42% support it. Barna research 2001 http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=103

37%. of Americans say abortion is morally acceptable. http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=2

7 out of 10 U.S. women are sexually active but do not want to become pregnant. (AGI 2000). 12Alan Guttmacher Institute ,http://www.agi-usa.org

At current rates, an estimated 43 percent of American women will have at least one abortion by the age of 45. ¹²Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion, 2000. http://juneauchoice.com/whohasabortions.htm

40% of women ages 15 to 44 have had at least one abortion. ^¹²

America leads the world in abortions performed. Since abortion was legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe vs. Wade, more than 50 million babies have been killed. This amounts to over one eighth the population of the entire United States. http://www.operationsaveamerica.org/news/news/2006-01.htm

The U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancies and births among western industrialized nations. http://www.coolnurse.com/teen_pregnancy_rates.htm

Approximately 4 in 10 young women in the U.S. become pregnant at least once before turning 20 years old. 12 Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, 1996.

4 out of 10 teen pregnancies end in murder by abortion. ¹² (1999)

The United States has one of the highest abortion rates among developed countries -- 26 abortions in 1992 for every 1,000 women aged 15 - 44. Facts in Brief, 12 September, 1995; http://www.californiaprolife.org/abortion/aborstats.html

Almost 1 out of every 3 of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in murder by abortion (1.4 million abortions each year). http://tennesseerighttolife.org/human_life_issues/human_life_issues_abortion_lies_and_myths.htm

At current rates, an estimated 43 percent of American women will have at least one abortion by the age of 45. ¹²

Since abortion was legalized by our Supreme Court in Roe vs. Wade, more than 30 million babies have been killed. This now amounts to one eighth the population of the entire United States. Statistics Concerning the State of America http://freedomministries.com/outlinestats.html

Approx. 80% of all abortions are among never-married women. Centers for Disease Control WWW.CDC.org

Only 8% of women having abortions have never used a method of birth control; ¹²Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion,in the United States http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html

Only about 1 percent (13,000 abortions) each year are attributed to rape and incest- ¹²Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion, 2002, (9 August 2002). Approx. 2% in “Why Do Women Have Abortions?" A. Torres & J.D. Forrest, Family Planning Perspectives, Jul/Aug 1988

58% of women committing murder by abortion say they used birth control during the month of conception. ¹² http://www.noelforlife.org/resources/readfacts.asp?number=45&topic=&display=

50% of such say that abortion is their only means of "birth control." ¹²

40 % of women who had abortions in the U.S. had no other children; ¹²

45 % of women who had abortions in the U.S. had at least one previous abortion; ¹²

52% of U.S. women having abortions are younger than 25 years old. ¹²

Over 93% of abortions are performed for social reasons. "Why Do Women Have Abortions?"A. Torres & J.D. Forrest, Family Planning Perspectives, Jul/Aug 1988

1% of abortions are performed due to life or health threat to the mother: "Why Do Women Have Abortions?"A. Torres & J.D. Forrest, Family Planning Perspectives, Jul/Aug 1988

Women who have had abortions face a 58 percent greater risk of dying during a later pregnancy. Reardon, Aborted Women-Silent No More, (Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1987).

The likelihood of having breast cancer is [up to] 150% greater for women who had an abortion before the age of 18. Having an abortion before the age of 30 increases the risk 110%. Before the age of 45 = 50%. Study by Dr. Janet Daling in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 2, 1994, (pp. 1584-1592). http://www.abortionfacts.com/breast_cancer_connection/studies.asp See also http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9705/opinion/brind.html http://www.pregnantpause.org/safe/abckahl.htm

Breast cancer risk increased 140% following a abortion.(British Journal of Cancer 1981; 43:72-6 )

Black women of age 50 and above who had at least 1 induced abortion have an increased breast cancer risk of 370%. Study by Howard University study December, 1993 issue Journal of the National Medical Association. http://www.abortionfacts.com/breast_cancer_connection/studies.asp

4% of abortions are performed due to health of the baby: "Why Do Women Have Abortions?" A. Torres & J.D. Forrest, Family Planning Perspectives, Jul/Aug 1988

After 1 or more abortions, 48% of women experienced abortion-related complications in later pregnancies, with over 2 miscarriages for every live birth. 12.5% of first trimester abortions required stitching for cervical lacerations. Wilke, Handbook on Abortion, (Cincinnati, Hayes Publishing Co., 1979). Lacerations occurred in 22 percent of aborted women."Abortion in Hawaii", Family Planning Perspectives (Winter 1973) 5(1):Table 8.

Cervical damage from previously induced abortions increases the risk of miscarriage, premature birth, and complications of labor during later pregnancies by 300 - 500 percent. Hogue,"Impact of Abortion on Subsequent Fecundity", Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (March 1986), vol.13, no.1. (premature birth is the #1 cause of infant mortality and mental retardation).http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/after_effects_of_abortion.asp , from David C. Reardon pamphlet. See also http://www.letusreason.org/Curren12.htm and http://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/bioethics/facts/a0027728.cfm

Abortion increases the rate of suicide upwards to 600%. Shelton JD, Schoenbucher AK. Death after legally induced abortion. A comprehensive approach for determination of abortion-related deaths based on record linkage. Public Health Rep. 1978; 93(4):375-8. http://www.messengers2.com/articles/science/abortion_effects.htm

Women who had an abortion are 2.6 times more likely than delivering women to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the first 90 days following abortion or delivery. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) David Reardon, Ph.D. http://www.afterabortion.org/news/inpatient_CMAJ.html

Women who elected to murder their babies by abortion (“elective terminations”) had 6.5 the risk of suicide, and 14 times the risk of being a homicide victim. 1997, Scandinavian medical journal, Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1997;76:651-657 http://togetherforlife.ca/stats/stats2.htm

1 out of 6 women who had an abortion were identified as "evangelical Christians." 12

Catholics have abortions at a rate 29% higher than Protestants, even after standardizing for age and excluding nonwhites and Hispanics ¹²Stanley K. Henshaw and Katheryn Kost , Family Planning Perspectives, vol. 28, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1996), based on an AGI survey of 9,985 women obtaining abortions in 1994-95.

68% of American children live with two parents. This is down from 77% in 1980. 24% of children live with only their mother, 4% live with only their father, and 4% live with neither of their parents. Statistics Concerning the State of America http://freedomministries.com/outlinestats.html

Almost 80% of teen mothers end up on welfare. Overall monetary cost to tax payers: $120 billion+. http://www.theodora.com/teddy/newyork/teenage.html Calculations based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979-1985) in Congressional Budget Office. (1990, September). Sources of Support for Adolescent Mothers. Washington, DC:

¹²Alan Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, 21st Floor, New York, N.Y. 10005; http://www.agi-usa.org/