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For 2020, the Guttmacher Institute reported 930,160 abortions, an abortion rate of 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years, and 20.6 abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in abortion or live birth. [6] Graph of U.S. abortion rates from 1973 to 2020, as reported by the Guttmacher Institute [8] [1] [8] [1] [6] [8] [1] [6]
This color-coded map illustrates the current legal status of elective-specific abortion procedures in each of the individual states, U.S. territories, and federal district. [a] A colored border indicates a more stringent restriction or ban that is blocked by legal injunction.
To put the safety of abortions into perspective, Nyandak explains that “the risk of death during childbirth is 14 times higher compared to abortion.” 4) Abortions are common, but are declining ...
English: Histogram of abortions by gestational age for the United States in 2016. Horizontal axis is weeks and vertical axis is thousands of abortions per week. Data is taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From TABLE 7.
New research shows the far-reaching effects of the abortion bans that have proliferated the United States since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. Three new studies have provided ...
Take, for example, S.B.8 — an abortion restriction law that “outlaws abortions after six weeks of pregnancy” and “deputizes everyday citizens to sue anyone who ‘aids or abets’ an ...
The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
English: This graph shows the number of abortions in the U.S. and abortion ratios in the U.S. from 1973-2017. The abortion ratio is the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in abortion or live birth. The data, collected by the Guttmacher Institute, is taken from the following documents: Jones, Rachel K.; Kooistra, Kathryn (March 2011).