Fact #25: Abortion Facts You Don't Know (Part 3)

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Did you know… that while we tend to think of abortion as a method of last resort, the problem actually starts long before a woman ever walks into the clinic. It’s also much larger than most people imagine as over half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned

Did you know… the state with the most reported abortions is New York - claiming nearly 80,000 abortions in 2019, including nearly 9% which were obtained by out-of-state residents. And even though Florida seems far-right, they came in at number 3 in the nation - reporting more than 70,000 abortions in 2019.

Did you know… abortions aren’t just a last recourse for women. In fact, it’s most likely used as a primary method of birth control as only half of abortion patients claim to have used a contraceptive method in the month they became pregnant.
Did you know… that the majority of women getting abortions claim to have a religious affiliation- particularly the kinds who are staunchly pro-life. 13% are evangelical Protestant, 17% are mainline Protestant and 24% are Catholic. Think about that. Even if you threw out the mainline Protestants, just Catholics and evangelicals together make up almost the exact same percent of abortions as the secular crowd.

REFERENCES:
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/04/abortion-surpreme-court-women-map
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304042
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/slideshows/states-with-the-highest-abortion-rates
https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2018/about-half-us-abortion-patients-report-using-contraception-month-they-became
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/06/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/facts-about-the-us-black-population/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/01/almost-half-of-pregnancies-in-the-u-s-are-unplanned-theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-change-that/