abortion data

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Some key points:

-- 20% of successful pregnancies in the US end in

abortion (miscarriages not counted)

-- 47% of unintended pregnancies are aborted

-- teenagers, unmarried women, blacks, Hispanics, and low

income women in general are more likely to have an abortion

-- non-hispanic white women account for 40% of abortions,

black women 32%

-- 6 out of every 10 women who get abortions are already

mothers

-- 25% of abortions are to unmarried women who are living

with a male partner

-- 56% of women getting abortions are in their 20’s,

and 19% are teens age 15-19

-- 60% of women having abortions have an income of less than

twice the poverty level

-- 90% of abortions are performed during the first trimester

-- less than 1% are during the third trimester

-- there are 1,800 abortion providers in the country as of the

year 2000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8622099/