40% of US Women Have ABORTIONS!

[presence]

I HAD NO IDEA!

What Got Lost in the Debate About Birth Control

By age 45, more than 40% of all American women will have had at least one abortion, a rate almost twice that of Western Europe.

I was quite surprised and a bit disturbed by this statistic. I had no idea having an abortion was so pop culture. I suspected under 10%.

Some other stats for you...

every year 2% of all women of child bearing age have an abortion,
and 22% of all pregnancies end in an induced abortion!

on the plus side...

88% of all induced abortions occur in the first 12 weeks;

which, in my opinion... 12 weeks (10 really) should be the cut off,
if we are going to have a cut off,
rather than the current Roe v Wade "viability" cut-off at 6-7 months.

I wouldn't mind the concept of Roe v Wade so much myself if it was at the "embryo/fetus" transition rather than the "viabilty" transition. I find the thought of a 7 month abortion stomach churning repulsive.


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[Zippyjuan]

40% sounds high but anyhow some other numbers:
http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/25/study-u-s-abortion-rate-drops-except-among-poorest-women/

The rate of abortion among American women has dropped overall, but not among the poorest women, according to study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology by the Guttmacher Institute.

Between 2000 and 2008, abortions among American women aged 15 to 44 fell 8%, reaching a low of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women. The decline applied to most groups: notably, the abortion rate declined 18% among African American women over that time period and 22% among teens aged 15 to 17.

However, women living in profound poverty were the one exception. Women whose incomes fell below the federal poverty level ($10,830 for a single woman with no children) accounted for 42% of all abortions in 2008. Between 2000 and 2008, the abortion rate among the lowest-income women climbed from 44 to 53 abortions per 1,000 women — an increase of 18% overall.



Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/...ops-except-among-poorest-women/#ixzz1oaHtfJGd

At the national level, the current costs to taxpayers of unintended pregnancy — including births, abortions, miscarriages and infant medical care — reach $9.6 to $12.6 billion per year, according to a study [PDF] by the Brookings Institution Center on Children and Families. At the state level, the annual costs are similar, about $11 billion, according to a study [PDF] by Sonfield.

 

[pcosmar]

Margret Sanger would be so proud.

http://www.dianedew.com/sanger.htm

 

[Yieu]

I think they might have had errors in how they came to that percentage. Does this statistic take into account individual women having multiple abortions? There are many women who would simply not have one.

 

[Twilliams]

Yes, that number seems high. So almost HALF of all American women have had an abortion? I kept looking in the actual study for where that was and could not find it. (I may have missed it) I was wondering if that is percentage of all pregnancies or of unintended pregnancies.

 

[Zippyjuan]

I have seen claims ranging from 25% to 40% so numbers can be difficult. This one claims that three in ten had one by 45 which of course would be 30%.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html

Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and about four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion.[1] Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.[2]

• Forty percent of pregnancies among white women, 67% among blacks and 53% among Hispanics are unintended.[1] • In 2008, 1.21 million abortions were performed, down from 1.31 million in 2000. However, between 2005 and 2008, the long-term decline in abortions stalled. From 1973 through 2008, nearly 50 million legal abortions occurred.[2]

• Each year, two percent of women aged 15–44 have an abortion. Half have had at least one previous abortion.[2,3]

• At least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45, and, at current rates, one in 10 women will have an abortion by age 20, one in four by age 30 and three in 10 by age 45.[4,5]

Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, by year

WHO HAS ABORTIONS?

• Eighteen percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are teenagers; those aged 15–17 obtain 6% of all abortions, teens aged 18–19 obtain 11%, and teens younger than age 15 obtain 0.4%.[6]

• Women in their 20s account for more than half of all abortions; women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and women aged 25–29 obtain 24%.[6]

• Non-Hispanic white women account for 36% of abortions, non-Hispanic black women for 30%, Hispanic women for 25% and women of other races for 9%.[6]

• Thirty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions identify as Protestant and 28% as Catholic.[6]

• Women who have never married and are not cohabiting account for 45% of all abortions [6]

• About 61% of abortions are obtained by women who have one or more children. [6]

• Forty-two percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level ($10,830 for a single woman with no children).[6]

• Twenty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes between 100–199% of the federal poverty level.* [6]

• The reasons women give for having an abortion underscore their understanding of the responsibilities of parenthood and family life. Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; 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.[7]

Article from 2011 so data should be pretty current. Add those last two numbers I highlighted together and 70% of abortions went to women making $22,000 a year or less. Poor women's birth control method?

 

[Black Flag]

so much myself if it was at the "embryo/fetus" transition rather than the "viabilty" transition. I find the thought of a 7 month abortion stomach churning repulsive.


presence

Why then?
Why is one stage of development more likely to get the baby murdered than another stage?

 

[moderate libertarian]

Part of freedoms that set us apart from Iraq.

 

[LibertyRevolution]

And now maybe some here will begin to understand why we cant win over the women voters...
Being Pro-life means you throw away 40% off the top.
There has got to be another 10% that don't have abortions but would vote to keep their right to choose...

I'm just saying, I bet we lose half of all women voters because of the pro-life stance.

 

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

I could really care less about a woman's right to abort another life.

 

[thoughtomator]

the number is a bit skewed by demographics... if you want to get freaked out check out the abortion rate on black women... something like 40% of ALL black pregnancies end in abortion

 

[rockerrockstar]

Wow the stats are much higher than I would figure. You would think the poor people would have medicaid to pay for the pregnancies and that would lower the rate of abortions but that does not seem to be the case. Not sure why. I guess they don't have health coverage or don't have the money to support the child is the reason.

 

[otherone]

So the morality of the country changed, but then the law followed up. When the morality changed, it will reflect on the laws. The law is very important(…), but the law will not correct the basic problem: that’s the morality of the people.
Ron Paul

 

[Drex]

I don't think this is accurate

 

[NoOneButPaul]

I don't buy these numbers but...

• Forty-six percent of women who have abortions had not used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant.

There's your answer...

The difference between Western Europe and America is the contraception, people can rail against it all they want but the fact is contraception is the #1 preventer of abortion in this country.

But the Federal Government shouldn't be involved in any of this, all of it is a state's rights issue.

 

[pcosmar]

all of it is a state's rights issue.

Not exactly.
It is a Human Rights Issue.

The murder of children should have never been legalized.

 

[xFiFtyOnE]

Not exactly.
It is a Human Rights Issue.

The murder of children should have never been legalized.

Think feticide is bad? They are pushing to kill children that have allready been BORN in Australia.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs...ling-inconvenient-infants-20120307-1uixc.html

 

[pcosmar]

Think feticide is bad? They are pushing to kill children that have allready been BORN in Australia.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs...ling-inconvenient-infants-20120307-1uixc.html

They do in several places. There is another thread where "Ethics" of infanticide are discussed.

Ethics? (attempted justification of Murder)

 

[forliberty52]

Goodness gracious, what is happening to people? Women especially, if you do not want to have a baby do not have unprotected sex, it cannot get more simple than that. Allow young sexually active women easy access to birth control and no more dead babies. Killing babies after they have been born? What is the point of that? Inconvenient sure, but wasn't it inconvenient for you to have your partner wear a condom? We are allowing this irresponsibility to happen and then saying it's ok you can just kill it if you don't want it. Disgusting.

 

[ctiger2]

Abortions are the result of the moral decay that's been taking place in US society since the 60's. You need to address the root of the cause to fix.... morality.