Key Facts About Abortion
7.3% of abortions are performed after 13 weeks. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34818321/
1.1% of abortions are performed after 21 weeks. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34818321/
93% of OB/GYNs had not done an abortion for an entire year of practice when surveyed in 2014. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29174883/
Of the 21,000 OB/GYN practices in the U.S., only an estimated 7% provide abortions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29174883/
Private practice physicians provide 1% of abortion; 95% of abortions are done in abortion clinics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28094905/
Black women represent 13% of the U.S. population (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219) and 38.4% of abortions (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ss/pdfs/ss7009a1-H.pdf).
Hispanic women represent 7% of the U.S. population (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219) and 21.0% of abortions (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ss/pdfs/ss7009a1-H.pdf).
Of 1,000 U.S. women:
601 are non-Hispanic white women, who obtained 7 abortions
134 are non-Hispanic Black women, representing 24 abortions
185 are Hispanic, representing 12 abortions
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ss/pdfs/ss7009a1-H.pdf
After one surgical abortion (the only type of abortion available after 14 weeks), a woman’s rate of preterm birth increases from 10% to 14%. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26743506/
After one obstetric dilation and curettage (the procedure done for abortion after 14 weeks), a woman’s rate of preterm birth increases from 10% to 13%, and very preterm birth from 1.5% to 2.5%. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26534897/
After one surgical abortion (the only type of abortion available after 14 weeks), a woman’s rate of a low birthweight baby goes from 8% to 11%. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19769749/
Women who had an abortion in their twenties had triple the odds of depression compared to peers who didn’t have an abortion. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18539697/
An abortion can increase the prevalence of generalized anxiety from 8% to 13%. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135672/, https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01538.x