Numbers that may surprise you

[kpete]

Numbers that may surprise you

by digby

Via Moyers:

51 percent

Of all pregnancies in America in 2008 were unintended, according to a study published this year in the American Journal of Public Health.

40 percent

Of those pregnancies ended in an abortion.

1 in 3

Women will get an abortion in her lifetime, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

51 percent

Of women who get an abortion had used contraceptives in the month that they got pregnant.

18 percent

Of women who have abortions are teenagers.

61 percent

Of women who get an abortion have already given birth to at least one child.

9 in 10

Abortions occur during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. At 12 weeks of development, the average fetus is just over two inches in length and weighs just under a half-ounce.


84 percent

Of abortion providers have experienced a form of harassment or violence.

66 percent

Of abortion clinics don’t offer the procedure after 20 weeks of gestation.

$495

The average cost of a surgical abortion at 10 weeks in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/07/17/by-the-numbers-abortion-in-america/

Every last one of those millions of dizzy broads had no idea what they were doing. They need some decent people with morals to help them understand that they either need to "close their legs" or have many more children than they want.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/numbers-that-may-surprise-you.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. If 51% were using birth control, then they apparently were trying to prevent pregnancy, don't see

How people with morals would be successful in helping them.

[handmade34]

2. disgusting statement......

"They need...decent people with morals to help them understand that they either need to "close their legs" or have many more children than they want"

[truebluegreen]

3. That disgusting statement

is dripping with ...you got that, right?

[handmade34]

5. but unfortunately...

I have heard far too many "conservatives" actually say it

[truebluegreen]

6. Me too--I just wanted to make sure you weren't thinking

you heard it here.

[deafskeptic]

7. You know, that comment about closing their legs etc was eye roll worth. :P n/t

[lunasun]

4. Yep abortion is legal but the forced birthers think they know what is better for others