Numbers that may surprise you
by digby
51 percent
Of all pregnancies in America in 2008 were unintended, according to a study published this year in the American Journal of Public Health.
40 percent
Of those pregnancies ended in an abortion.
1 in 3
Women will get an abortion in her lifetime, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
51 percent
Of women who get an abortion had used contraceptives in the month that they got pregnant.
18 percent
Of women who have abortions are teenagers.
61 percent
Of women who get an abortion have already given birth to at least one child.
9 in 10
Abortions occur during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. At 12 weeks of development, the average fetus is just over two inches in length and weighs just under a half-ounce.
84 percent
Of abortion providers have experienced a form of harassment or violence.
66 percent
Of abortion clinics don’t offer the procedure after 20 weeks of gestation.
$495
The average cost of a surgical abortion at 10 weeks in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available.
Every last one of those millions of dizzy broads had no idea what they were doing. They need some decent people with morals to help them understand that they either need to “close their legs” or have many more children than they want.
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