Some facts about abortion
posted by bitchphd
Just for the record
1. The number of abortions is "continuing its decade-long drop and stands at its lowest level since 1976."
2. "Women with unintended pregnancies are those most likely to get abortions."
3. "Six in 10 women who had abortions in 2002 were mothers."
4. "The majority -- 56 percent -- of women who terminate their pregnancies are in their twenties. Teenagers between 15 and 19 make up 19 percent of abortions, although this percentage has dropped substantially in recent years."
5. "low-income women are overrepresented among those having the procedure. Sixty percent of women who had abortions in 2000 had incomes of less than twice the poverty level --below $28,000 per year for a family of three, for example. This is in part because "low-income women have lower access to family planning services.""
6. "Almost 90 percent of abortions are performed in the first trimester -- during the first 12 weeks after the first day of the woman's last menstrual period -- with most performed before nine weeks."
7. "Less than 1 percent of abortions are done after 24 weeks."
So the next time some wank job tries to make "abortion" into a discussion about "late-term abortion," or starts nattering on about how pro-choice women hate babies, or how "abortion is on the rise" or how awful it is that women have abortions out of "convenience," hit 'em with the facts, and ask them if they think that trying to support a family of three on less than $28,000 / year is a question of convenience, or survival.
1. The number of abortions is "continuing its decade-long drop and stands at its lowest level since 1976."
2. "Women with unintended pregnancies are those most likely to get abortions."
3. "Six in 10 women who had abortions in 2002 were mothers."
4. "The majority -- 56 percent -- of women who terminate their pregnancies are in their twenties. Teenagers between 15 and 19 make up 19 percent of abortions, although this percentage has dropped substantially in recent years."
5. "low-income women are overrepresented among those having the procedure. Sixty percent of women who had abortions in 2000 had incomes of less than twice the poverty level --below $28,000 per year for a family of three, for example. This is in part because "low-income women have lower access to family planning services.""
6. "Almost 90 percent of abortions are performed in the first trimester -- during the first 12 weeks after the first day of the woman's last menstrual period -- with most performed before nine weeks."
7. "Less than 1 percent of abortions are done after 24 weeks."
So the next time some wank job tries to make "abortion" into a discussion about "late-term abortion," or starts nattering on about how pro-choice women hate babies, or how "abortion is on the rise" or how awful it is that women have abortions out of "convenience," hit 'em with the facts, and ask them if they think that trying to support a family of three on less than $28,000 / year is a question of convenience, or survival.
Posted at 5:45 PM
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