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Abortion Facts and Figures
Abortions occur at a rate of:
1.6 Million every year
130,000 every month
30,000 every week
4,400 every day
180 every hour
4 every minute
1 every 15 seconds
Abortion kills the equivalent of the population of the City of Houston or the State of Nebraska every year.
No more than 7% of all abortions involved any potential threat to the mother's life or health. More than 35 million abortions have occurred in the United States since 1973.
No more than 1% involved cases of rape or incest.
43% of all abortions are performed on women who have obtained one, two or more previous abortions.
The number of abortions nationwide is more than One Third of the total number of live births; about One Fourth of all pregnancies in the United States end in induced abortions.
Abortion kills the equivalent of the population of the city of Indianapolis every 8 months.
The United States surpasses all other Western Nations in the number of abortions per 1,000 women of child bearing age.
Legal Facts
On June 15, 1983 for the first time Justice Powell wrote of a woman's "fundamental right to terminate her pregnancy." The Supreme Court has created a constitutional right to an abortion.
No consent is required of a spouse for an abortion. No parental consent is required for a minor to have an abortion. Parental consent is required for all surgery - even pierced ears.
In Maryland a pregnant drug user was placed under the court's jurisdiction to protect the health of the fetus. She does have the right to kill the baby through abortion.
A June 1991 survey by the Wirthlin Group found 56% of all Americans favor limiting legal access to abortion to the so-called "hard cases" -rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.
60% of persons surveyed by the Wirthlin Group in August 1990 found "extremely convincing" or "very convincing" the statements: "All human life, including that of the unborn, should be protected," and "every unborn child has the basic right to life."
On June 14, 1983 a California court indicted a former Sheriff's Deputy of murder. During an unauthorized drug raid the Deputy shot a woman. The woman was wounded, but the fetus died of the gunshot.
What the Supreme Court said about "Trimesters"
Trimesters is not a medical term. It is a word first used by the Supreme Court in 1973.
First Trimester
In 1973 the Court said the decision to have an elective abortion is entirely one to be made by a woman and her physician. (The State may place no obstacle).
A 1983 ruling also eliminated the physician.
Second Trimester
In 1973 the Court said that the State could regulate abortions only to the extent that such regulations safeguarded maternal health. Therefore it was generally believed that States could require that abortions be done by a licensed physician in a licensed hospital.
In 1983 the Court ruled that requiring licensed hospitals is unconstitutional.
Third Trimester
In 1973 the Court ruled that the State may proscribe abortions, except in those cases when abortion is necessary to preserve the health of the mother.
In companion Doe vs. Bolts decision the Court ruled that even "distress" is grounds for an abortion (i.e. distress caused by denial of abortion).
According to a 1983 report to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee:
" no significant legal barrier of any kind whatsoever exists today in the United States for a woman to obtain an abortion during any state of her pregnancy."
It is clear that the courts of our day are not going to be a factor in restoring what is right in this country. It will depend on Christians that are willing to spend time in battle on their knees to change the hearts and minds of our leaders.
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