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Statistics
18
DAYS
An unborn baby’s heart begins to beat 18-21 days after fertilization.
6
WEEKS
Brain waves can be detected as early as 6 weeks after fertilization.
10
WEEKS
At 10-11 weeks after fertilization, every organ system is in place.
60
MILLION
Over 60 million children have been aborted since Roe v. Wade.
93%
PERCENT
93% of all abortions occur for social reasons, not the mother’s health, rape or incest.
Sources:
1. Moore & Persaud, The Developing Human, 5th Ed., 1993.
2. O’Rahilly & Miller, The Embryonic Human Brain, 2nd. Ed., 1999
3. Rugh & Shettles, From Conception to Birth, 1971. Nilsson, A Child is Born, 1990. Flanagan, The First Nine Months, 1965.
4. National Right to Life Analysis of CDC Report, November 26, 2018
5. Guttmacher Report, 2005
Facts About Abortion
National Right to Life estimates there have been 60.9 million abortions (60,942,033) since the Supreme Court stripped legal protection for unborn children in 1973.
National Right to Life estimates there were about 906,000 abortions in the United States in 2018. That’s nearly 2,500 each day. 103 abortions per hour. 1 abortion every 34 seconds.
These numbers are estimated utilizing data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Guttmacher Institute (which was originally founded as the research arm of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America).
The CDC data, which is current through 2015, are voluntary reported by state health departments, New York City and the District of Columbia. Since 1998, data from California, New Hampshire, and at least one other state have not been reported to the CDC.
About Guttmacher
Guttmacher is the research arm of Planned Parenthood, our nations largest abortion provider. Guttmacher contacts abortion clinics directly for data, but does not survey annually. Their most recent report covers annual abortion data through 2014. Because of their survey methods, their data is considered more complete.
Sources
CDC Report for 2015:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/ss/ss6713a1.htm
Guttmacher Report for 2014:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1363/psrh.12015
National Right to Life Analysis of CDC Report, November 26, 2018:
http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2018/11/cdc-report-shows-continued-decline-in-the-number-of-abortions/
Abortion as Birth Control
The vast majority of abortions in the United States are performed as a method of birth control. Most abortions are preformed on healthy mothers with healthy babies.
A report published by the Guttmacher Institute in 2005 found that 93% of abortions are performed for social reasons. Among the reasons given by women:
- Feels unready for the child
- Feels she can’t afford the baby
- Has all the children she wants/other family responsibility
- Relationship problems/single motherhood
- Feels she isn’t mature enough
- Interference with education/career plans
- Parents/partner wants the abortion
The same study found that about 7% of abortions are performed in the cases where the mother’s life is in danger, the baby may have a health problem or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
Sources:
Guttmacher Report, 2005:
https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/article_files/4000608.pdf
Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton
Most Americans don’t understand that the Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton legalized abortion, for any reason, throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
Roe v. Wade
Relying on an unstated “right of privacy” found in a “penumbra” of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court effectively legalized abortion on demand throughout the full nine months of pregnancy in this challenge to the Texas state law regarding abortion. Although the Court mentioned the state’s possible interest in the “potentiality of human life” in the third trimester, legislation to protect that interest would be gutted by mandated exceptions for the “health” of the mother.
Doe v. Bolton
A companion case to Roe, which challenged the abortion law in Georgia, Doe v. Bolton broadly defined the “health” exception so that any level of distress or discomfort would qualify and gave the abortionist final say over what qualified: “The medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors–physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age–relevant to the well being of the patient. All these factors may relate to “health.” Because the application of the health exception was left to the abortionist, legislation directly prohibiting any abortion became practically unenforceable.
Abortion as Big Business & Planned Parenthood
Abortion is big business. National Right to Life estimates the American abortion industry rakes in approximately $505 million annually killing unborn children.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, the mean (average) cost for a first trimester abortion is $558. This cost multiplied by the estimated 906,308 abortions performed in 2018 equals $505,719,864.
According to their own annual report, Planned Parenthood performs over 1/3 of the abortions performed annually in the United States.
Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report for 2016-2017 reported that their clinics performed 321,384 abortions. This equals approximately 35% of the annual number of abortions performed in the United States.
Planned Parenthood made at least $175 million from abortion.
Multiplying the average cost of a first trimester abortion ($451) by the number of abortions Planned Parenthood reported performing in 2016-2017, National Right to Life estimates Planned Parenthood made $179,332,272 from abortions.
Planned Parenthood reported over $1.4 billion in revenues for 2016-2017.
Planned Parenthood’s annual report showed revenues of $1,459,6000 for fiscal year 2016-2017. Of that, they reported that $543.7 million came from federal, state, and local grants and payments.
Sources:
Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2016-2017:
Women’s Health Issues/Cost of Abortion
www.whijournal.com/article/S1049-3867(14)00058-9/pdf
See Also:
National Right to Life Analysis of Planned Parenthood Annual Report
https://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2018/01/numbers-planned-parenthoods-latest-annual-report-tell-us/
Washington Post Fact Checker on the Planned Parenthood myth that abortion accounts for only 3% of their business.:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/08/12/for-planned-parenthood-abortion-stats-3-percent-and-94-percent-are-both-misleading/?utm_term=.75cdb76130d1
Partner Groups
Family Policy Institute of Washington
Protects Washington through advocacy on four topics:
- Life
- Religious Freedom
- Parental Rights
- Marriage
SMART Women’s Healthcare Initiative
A national network of women citizen lobbyists who have experienced healing from abortion educating key leaders about the fiscal impact of abortion and best available science through 650 worldwide empirical studies.
40 Days for Life
A community-based campaign to pray to end abortion for 40 days in front of an abortion facility.
Sidewalk Advocates for Life
Training in best practices, and techniques, for offering life-affirming options to all present at an abortion facility.
Students for Life
Clubs that educate and create a life-affirming culture on high school and college campuses around the country.
Equal Rights Institute
An innovative apologetics training program for pro-life advocates to dialogue well with pro-choice people using easily grasped and well-reasoned systematic methods.
“Teen-Aid developed sex education materials that seek to place human sexuality in the context of commitment, responsibility and family. We challenge the common assumption that all teens are sexually active. Teens can wait to have sex when they are trained in the necessary skills to do so.”
American Association of Therapists Treating Abortion Related Trauma
“We are an organization of therapists concerned with the legitimization of abortion as a trauma. We are also concerned with professionalizing the treatment of abortion as a trauma through the use of evidenced based practice and sound psychological theory.”
Music for the Soul
Breakthroughs in the realm of brain science and therapy have revealed that music can have a positive impact in the process of post-abortive recovery. Music for the Soul is one of the foremost groups in this new field, combining the expertise of professional musicians, therapists, pastors, and ministry leaders in order to bring life-giving resources to those in need of healing.
October 2, 2019: With Nearly 250,000 Signatures, Pro-Life Leaders and Women Hurt by Abortion Call on the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Justice Foundation, founded in 1993, seeks to protect the fundamental freedoms and rights essential to the preservation of American society by providing free legal services to promote those rights.
We Believe~ We Vote
“We offer informed voter guides based on Biblical truth and Constitutional principles to Spokane and Stevens County voters for the primary and general elections.”
Real Estate for Life
Need to buy or sell real estate?
A portion of the sale will benefit Human Life of Washington when you call Real Estate For Life, an international network of pro-life real estate agents.
Resources
Elliot Insitute – http://unchoice.com/
Forgotten Fathers – http://unchoice.com/men.htm
Catholic – https://onemoresoul.com/, https://www.ncbcenter.org/, http://www.cathmed.org/
Pro Life Medical – https://aaplog.org/
Physicians for Life – http://www.physiciansforlife.org/
Nurses for Life – https://www.nursesforlife.org/
Pharmacists for Life International – http://pfli.org/
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