Just the Facts

Contributed by Olga Vanucci

• There are about 900,000 abortions in the U.S. each year, a 40% reduction since 1990.
• That’s 18.8 abortions for every 100 pregnancies.
• The number of abortion providers has dropped from a high of 2,918 in 1982 to 1,671 in 2014.
• The number of deaths annually in the U.S. resulting from abortions has declined from 2,700 women in 1930 to about 200 in 1965 to around 10 currently.
• 88% of abortions take place in developing countries.
• 49% of abortions in developing countries are unsafe. 
• 6.9 million women are treated annually in developing regions for complications from unsafe abortions.

Sources:  

• https://nrlc.org/uploads/factsheets/FS01AbortionintheUS.pdf
• https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2003/03/lessons-roe-will-past-be-prologue
• https://www.guttmacher.org/international/abortion