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ABORTION STATISTICSANNUAL ABORTION STATISTICSMore than 60?million legal abortions have occurred in the United States since 1973.The annual number of legal induced abortions in the United States doubled between 1973 and 1979 and peaked in 1990?(CDC).From 2009 to 2018, the total number of reported abortions decreased by 22%.?The abortion ratio2—which measures abortions against live births—decreased by 16%?(CDC).In 2017, the highest percentage of pregnancies were aborted in the District of Columbia (37%), New Jersey (32%), and New York (31%). The lowest percentage of pregnancies were aborted in Idaho (5%), South Dakota (4%), and Wyoming (2%). (Guttmacher Institute abortion data + CDC birth data).In 2018, approximately 31% of all pregnancies in New York City?(excluding spontaneous?miscarriages) ended in abortion (CDC).Based on available state-level data, approximately 876,000 abortions?took place in the United States in?2018.Guttmacher's selected?annual abortion estimates for the last 20+ years are:?20172014201120082005200220001996862,320926,2401,060,0001,210,0001,210,0001,290,0001,310,0001,360,000WHO HAS ABORTIONS?In 2018, unmarried women accounted for 85% of all abortions (CDC).Among married women, 4% of 2018?pregnancies (excluding spontaneous?miscarriages) ended in abortion. Among?unmarried?women, 27%?ended in abortion (CDC).Women in their 20s accounted for most abortions in 2018?and had the highest abortion rates (CDC).Adolescents under 15 years obtained .2% of all 2018?abortions; women aged 15–19 years accounted for less than 10% (CDC).Percentage of 2018?Reported Abortions by Age of Mother?(CDC):<15 years15–19 years20–24 years25–29 years30–34 years35–39 years≥40 years0.2%8.8%28.5%29.4%18.8%10.7%3.5%In 2018, women who had not aborted in the past accounted for 60% of all abortions; women with one or two prior abortions accounted for 34%, and women with three or more prior abortions accounted for 6% (CDC).Among women who obtained abortions in 2018, 41% had no prior live births; 45% had one or two prior live births, and 14% had three or more prior live births (CDC).Among white women, 10% of 2018 pregnancies?(excluding spontaneous?miscarriages) ended in abortion. Among black women, 25% ended in abortion (CDC).The abortion rate of non-metropolitan women is about half that of women who live in metropolitan counties (National Abortion Federation).In 2014, 30%?of aborting women?identified?themselves as Protestant?and 24% identified?themselves as Catholic (Guttmacher Institute).WHY DO ABORTIONS OCCUR?In 2004, the Guttmacher Institute anonymously surveyed 1,209 post-abortive women from nine different abortion clinics across the United States. Of the women surveyed, 957 provided a main reason for having an abortion. This table lists each reason and the percentage of respondents who chose it.PercentageReason<0.5%Victim of rape3%Fetal health problems4%Physical health problems4%Would interfere with education or career7%Not mature enough to raise a child8%Don't want to be a single mother19%Done having children23%Can’t afford a baby25%Not ready for a child6%OtherThe state of Florida records a reason for every abortion that occurs within its borders each year. In 2018, there were 70,083 abortions in Florida. This table lists each reason and the percentage of abortions that occurred because of it.PercentageReason.01%The pregnancy resulted from an incestuous relationship.14%The woman was raped.27%The woman’s life was endangered by the pregnancy1.0%There was a serious fetal abnormality1.48%The woman's physical health was threatened by the pregnancy1.67%The woman's psychological health was threatened by the pregnancy20.0%The woman aborted for social or economic reasons75.4%No reason (elective)WHEN DO ABORTIONS OCCUR?In 2018,?78% of all U.S. abortions occurred prior to the 10th week of gestation; 92% occurred prior to 14 weeks’ gestation?(CDC).Percentage of 2018?Reported Abortions by Weeks of Gestation (CDC):≤6 wks7-9 wks10-13 wks14-15 wks16-17 wks18-20 wks≥21 wks40.2.5%37.5%14.5%3.2%1.9%1.8%1.0%ABORTION AND MINORS40% of minors having an abortion report that neither of their parents knew about the abortion (Guttmacher Institute).39 states currently enforce parental consent or notification laws for minors seeking an abortion: AL, AK, AR, AZ, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. The Supreme Court ruled that minors must have the alternative of seeking a court order authorizing the procedure (Guttmacher Institute).ABORTION AND PUBLIC FUNDSThe U.S. Congress has barred the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions, except when the woman's life would be endangered by a full-term pregnancy or in cases of rape or incest (Guttmacher Institute).17 states (AK, AZ, CA, CT, HI, IL, MA, MD, MN, MT, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA, and WV) use public funds to pay for abortions for some poor women. About 14% of all abortions in the United States are paid for with public funds—virtually all from the state (Guttmacher Institute).In 2014, 88,466 abortions in California?were paid for with public funds. Public funds paid for 45,722 abortions in New York (Guttmacher Institute).WHO BEGAN THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT?Short Answer = God.“The LORD?God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,?and placed there the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the LORD?God made grow every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…. The LORD?God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. The LORD?God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die” (Genesis 2:8-9, 15-17).“The LORD?God then called to the man and asked him: Where are you? He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid.’ Then God asked: Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat? The man replied, ‘The woman whom you put here with me—she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it.’ The LORD?God then asked the woman: What is this you have done? The woman answered, ‘The snake tricked me, so I ate it.’ Then the LORD?God said to the snake: Because you have done this, cursed are you among all the animals, tame or wild. On your belly you shall crawl, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers. They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel” (Genesis 3:11-15). “The LORD?God made for the man and his wife garments of skin, with which he clothed them. Then the LORD?God said: See! The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil! Now, what if he also reaches out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life, and eats of it and lives forever? The LORD?God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken. He expelled the man, stationing the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life” (Genesis 3:21-24).CHILD SACRIFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT“When he saw that the battle was going against him, the king of Moab took seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but he failed. So he took his firstborn, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. The wrath against Israel was so great that they gave up the siege and returned to their own land” (2 Kings 3:26-27).“In the Valley of Ben-hinnom they go on building the high places of Topheth to sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire, something I never commanded or considered” (Jeremiah 7:31).“[They] mingled with the nations and imitated their ways. They served their idols and were ensnared by them. They sacrificed to demons their own sons and daughters, shedding innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed” (Psalm 106:35-38).ZACHARY KINGZachary King?is a Catholic minister and author. He converted to Catholicism after being an active member of an organization called the World Church of Satan, or Satan's World Church, for more than twenty-six years. He began his journey with friends at the age of 10 playing the cultic game, “Bloody Mary.” Before his conversion, he describes having performed Satanic ritualistic abortions inside abortion clinics. He worked as a “high wizard” carrying out abortions and doing spell work for people who came to him. The World Church of Satan has at a minimum one high wizard, and no more than fifteen worldwide at any given time. Mr. King was one of these wizards and had an effectiveness rate of 91% among the spells he cast. ................
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