In U. S., 22% of Pregnancies Aborted, 1.2 Million Abortions a Year
January 8, 2013
Just for everyone’s reference, according to the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute, more than one in every five pregnancies in America today is terminated by induced abortion, adding up to more than a million abortions a year.
Enjoyment and Contemplation 
January 8, 2013 at 12:31 PM
How horrible…
January 8, 2013 at 1:12 PM
It really is. I couldn’t believe it when I first heard that it was more than one in five. I had no idea.
January 8, 2013 at 2:14 PM
The problem here is the number of unplanned pregnancies. Half of pregnancies are unplanned? People need to be a little bit smarter than that.
January 8, 2013 at 2:17 PM
I saw this “infograpic” go by recently, and it is supposed to be working for the pro-choice camp, but I think it a great cross-section of the brokenness of society.
http://www.guttmacher.org/media/infographics/US-Women-Abortions.html#.UOxE7N9GOKk.facebook
The same pro-choice website lists some statistics that make many of these abortions look like the result of irresponsibility. (And why not, if there don’t have to be any consequences for our actions?) http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
The Guttmacher Institute reports that 67% of pregnancies among black women are unintended. That 54% of women who have abortions were using contraceptives when they became pregnant, but that 76% of those women also report using them “inconsistently.” Of those not using contraceptives, 26% reported having “unexpected” sex (contrasted with 1% who reported “forced” sex).
“three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents; and half say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner.”
All this makes abortion look pretty unsympathetic to me.
Then the website notes that the average abortion before ten weeks cost $451, as though it is comparing relative prices of contraceptives. The cost of that “unexpected” date night fun isn’t $451. It’s a human life.
January 8, 2013 at 3:46 PM
Haha! I just realized I’m summarizing the same website you linked to. Serves me right for not clicking on (or even hovering over) your links! My apologies.
August 28, 2013 at 11:04 AM
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