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32,936 abortions were performed in Ohio in 2006. (Source: Ohio Department of Health) 70% of women getting abortions are unmarried. (Source: USA Today, Jan. 22, 1998) Abortion is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the United States. (Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute) The American Medical Association supports legislation banning partial-birth abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger. Studies show that there is a 150% increase in rates of breast cancer for girls under 18 who abort at 8 weeks gestation or greater. (Source: British Journal of Cancer, 1981) According to a 1999 USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll, 71% of Americans favor some or total restrictions on abortions. Social or "birth control" reasons account for approximately 93% of all abortions. So-called "hard cases" of rape, incest, health of baby, and threat to life or health of mother account for less than 7%. (Source: Family Planning Perspectives, July/August 1988) 57% of Americans believe abortion is murder. Nearly two-thirds believe abortion should be illegal after the first trimester. Currently, abortion is legal for any reason in every state of the union.
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Abortion
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Introduction Abortion ends a pregnancy by destroying and removing the developing child either in utero or while the child is being born (Partial Birth Abortion). Abortion is an act of violence that kills an unborn child and hurts the mother who has one. Since 1973, when the United States Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion for all nine months of a woman's pregnancy for any reason, at least 47 million unborn children have been killed legally by the violence of abortion. According to a report on 2005 abortions, this violence occurs 1.2 million times a year (well over 3,200 times a day) in America.
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Abortion by Zipcode and Month
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2006 Prior Number of Abortions
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Induced Abortions percentages in Ohio for 2006 including Prior Number of Abortions |
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Abortion Laws
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State Abortion Laws as of January 2008 |
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Planned Parenthood
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Complications Resulting from Abortion A study of California Medicaid patients who either had an abortion or gave birth in the same year found that those who had an abortion had significantly higher subsequent death rates and particularly higher death rates from suicide. Southern Medical Journal, August 2002, 95(8):834-841 |
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