| | * A study by the Guttmacher Institute estimated that nearly 1.3 million abortions took place in the [[United States]] in 2002, equivalent to about 148 abortions per hour.<ref>{{hnb|Finer|2006|Ref=CITEREFFinerHenshaw2006}}</ref><ref>Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001–2003, By Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw, Guttmacher Institute, August 3, 2006, retreived 10/13/2008 [http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Estimates+of+U.S.+Abortion+Incidence%2C+2001%E2%80%932003&fr=ytff-&u=www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/08/03/ab_incidence.pdf&w=estimates+u.s.+abortion+incidence+2001+2003&d=JCOxxfReRc5I&icp=1&.intl=us]</ref><ref>1,287,000 abortions per year, divided by 365 days per year, divided by 24 hours per day, equals 146.9 abortions per day.</ref> | | * A study by the Guttmacher Institute estimated that nearly 1.3 million abortions took place in the [[United States]] in 2002, equivalent to about 148 abortions per hour.<ref>{{hnb|Finer|2006|Ref=CITEREFFinerHenshaw2006}}</ref><ref>Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001–2003, By Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw, Guttmacher Institute, August 3, 2006, retreived 10/13/2008 [http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Estimates+of+U.S.+Abortion+Incidence%2C+2001%E2%80%932003&fr=ytff-&u=www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/08/03/ab_incidence.pdf&w=estimates+u.s.+abortion+incidence+2001+2003&d=JCOxxfReRc5I&icp=1&.intl=us]</ref><ref>1,287,000 abortions per year, divided by 365 days per year, divided by 24 hours per day, equals 146.9 abortions per day.</ref> |