By Barry Grossman



At any given time, 1 in 3 Americans or roughly half of all Americans aged 15 to 64, have a sexually transmitted disease.

From 1973 through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions were performed in the USA.

Half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and 40% of these are terminated by abortion, 21% or more than 1 in 5 of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.

From 1973 through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions were performed in the USA.

Half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and 40% of these are terminated by abortion, 21% or more than 1 in 5 of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.

Eighteen percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are teenagers and women in their 20s account for more than half of all abortions.

Women who have never married and are not cohabiting account for 45% of all abortions.

Forty-two percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes below the federal poverty level ($10,830 for a single woman with no children).

Non-Hispanic white women account for 36% of all abortions but 61.8% of the population. Non-Hispanic black women account for 30% of all abortions but only 13.2% of the population. Hispanic women account for 25% of all abortions but only 17.8% of the population.

In other words, teenagers, poor women, single women, African American women, and Hispanic women, are far more likely to abort their pregnancies than non-Hispanic white women.

Pregnant African American women are 4 times likely to have an abortion that pregnant white women. Pregnant Hispanic women are 2.4 times more likely to have an abortion that pregnant White women. Women living below the federal poverty line are almost 5 times likely to have an abortion than non teenagers.

Of course non whites, young people, and women generally – especially single women – are far more likely to be living in poverty than others; so it is no surprise that abortion rates within their demographic are far higher than the already high rates experienced by white women, especially married white women who are not poor.

Pro-abortion progressives would for the most part argue that these statistics indicate that abortion on demand is somehow liberating for women of colour and poor women. Other people point these statistics as being confirmation that abortion on demand is by definition a eugenics program which targets people from demographics segments which are often considered undesirable by others.