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Abortion in the United States

The Consequences of Roe v. Wade

48,589,993
Total Abortions since 1973

"And God said, Let us make man in our own image, in our likeness,... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them." - Genesis 1:26a & 27

Every human life that is conceived is a miracle and a gift from God. But, oh, how heartbreaking that thousands of these little miracles of God are being destroyed every day.

Since abortion was made legal in 1973, 35 years ago, over 48 million pre-born babies have been violently destroyed; have been denied the most basic of all rights, the right to life. Our Declaration of Independence calls this an unalienable right.
  • Michigan has a population of 10,120,860. All of the people in Michigan would be wiped out.
  • Wisconsin has a population of 5,536,201. All of the people in Wisconsin would be wiped out.
  • Minnesota has a population of 5,132,799. All of the people in Minnesota would be wiped out.
  • Iowa has a population of 2,966,334. All of the people in Iowa would be wiped out.
  • North Dakota has a population of 636,677. All of the people of North Dakota would be wiped out.
  • South Dakota has a population of 775,933. All of the people of South Dakota would be wiped out.
  • Nebraska has a population of 1,758,787. All of the people in Nebraska would be wiped out.
  • Kansas has a population of 2,744,687. All of the people in Kansas would be wiped out.
  • Oklahoma has a population of 3,547,884. All of the people in Oklahoma would be wiped out.
  • Nevada has a population of 2,414,807.  All the people of Nevada would be wiped out.
  • New Mexico has a population of 1,928,630.  All the people of New Mexico would be wiped out.
  • Montana has a population of 935,670. All of the people of Montana would be wiped out.
  • Wyoming has a population of 509,294. All of the people of Wyoming would be wiped out.
  • Colorado has a population of 4,665,177. All of the people of Colorado would be wiped out.
  • Idaho has a population of 1,429,096. All of the people of Idaho would be wiped out.
  • Utah has a population of 2,469,585. All of the people in Utah would be wiped out.

That totals 48,589,993. Can you imagine all of these states without one person in them?

That is approximately how many little pre-born babies, created in God's image, have been killed since 1973.

Abortion Statistics

  • The annual number of abortions went from 744,600 in the first of year of legalization, to a high of over 1.6 million in 1990. In 1997, there were 1,312,990.
  • There were nearly 3,600 abortions per day in 2000....150 each hour.... 2.5 per minute and one every 24 seconds.
  • For every 1,000 live births, there were 306 abortions in 1997.
    There were more than 140,000 second and third trimester abortions in 2000.
  • In 2000, more children died from abortion than Americans died in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars combined.
  • Women have cited 'social reasons', not mother's health or rape/incest as their motivation in approximately 93% of all abortions.
  • A June, 1999 Wirthlin Poll found that 62% of respondents support legal abortion in only three or fewer circumstances when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, or when it threatens the life of the mother.
  • At an average cost of $372, the abortion business is a $400 million a year industry.
  • Nearly half of all abortions are obtained by women who have already had at least one abortion. In 1994 and 1995, women who had already had 3 or more abortions obtained 7% or nearly 100,000, abortions each year.
  • African/American women represented 13.7% of the U.S. population of women of child bearing age in 2000 but accounted for 31.7% of all abortions performed that year in America.
  • Hispanic/American women represented 12.8% of the U. S. population of women of child bearing age in 2000 but accounted for 20.1% of all abortions performed that year in America.

Note: Statistics taken from the Alan Guttmacher Institute (an arm of Planned Parenthood) and the CDC: Center for Disease Control.

Abortion Statistics: State of Michigan

According to the Michigan Department of Community Health:

  • In 2006, the total number of abortions in Michigan was 25,636.
  • The number of abortions in Michigan has decreased 47.8% since 1987 when there were 49,098 abortions in Michigan.
  • In 2006, 51.3% of the resident women receiving abortions had no previous induced abortions.
  • From 1985 through 2006, a gradual increase has been observed with the proportion of women reporting two or more induced abortions, going from 14.6% in 1985 to 22.6% in 2006.
  • The majority of Michigan residents receiving induced abortions (50.7%) were under 25 years of age, while 18.4% percent were less than 20 years old.
  • In 2006, 86.8% of women obtain abortions in Michigan were unmarried.
  • 2006 saw 438 abortions performed on women who lived in either Allegan or Ottawa Counties, down from 468 in 2005.
  • In 2006, 53.1% of women obtaining an induced abortion were white, 39.9% were black and 2.2% were Asian/Pacific Islander.