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<small>''This page is part of the [[Conservapedia:Anti-abortion_Project]]''</small>
Below are some statistics for abortion for the year 2000.
==United States==
In 2000, 1.31 million abortions were performed in the [[United States]]. This equates to 2.1 % of all women between 15 and 44 years-old.<ref>[http://www.abortiontv.com/Misc/AbortionStatistics.htm Abortion TV.com: Abortion Statistics]</ref>
==England and Wales==
There were 185,375 legal abortions carried out in [[England]] and [[Wales]] in 2000, a rise of 2,125 (1.2 per cent) compared with 1999.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/abort0901.pdf Department of National Statistics: Abortions in England and Wales, 2000]</ref>
* The abortion rate for women resident in England and Wales in 2000 was 16.94 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, 0.9% higher than in 1999 when the rate was 16.79 abortions per 1,000 women.
* Abortion rates increased for women aged under 34 and decreased for women aged 35 and over, in 2000. The rate increased by 0.2% for women under 20, by 2.4% for women in their twenties and by 0.4% for women aged 30-34. The rate decreased by 1.4% in the 35-44 age-group.
* Eighty-eight per cent of terminations were performed before 13 weeks of gestation and 10 per cent between 13 and 19 weeks gestation, similar to last year.
==See also==
*[[Abortion in America]]
*[[Abortion in England]]
*[[Abortion in Wales]]
*[[Abortion in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Abortion statistics 2008]]
*[[Abortion statistics 2009]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Abortion]]
Below are some statistics for abortion for the year 2000.
==United States==
In 2000, 1.31 million abortions were performed in the [[United States]]. This equates to 2.1 % of all women between 15 and 44 years-old.<ref>[http://www.abortiontv.com/Misc/AbortionStatistics.htm Abortion TV.com: Abortion Statistics]</ref>
==England and Wales==
There were 185,375 legal abortions carried out in [[England]] and [[Wales]] in 2000, a rise of 2,125 (1.2 per cent) compared with 1999.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/abort0901.pdf Department of National Statistics: Abortions in England and Wales, 2000]</ref>
* The abortion rate for women resident in England and Wales in 2000 was 16.94 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, 0.9% higher than in 1999 when the rate was 16.79 abortions per 1,000 women.
* Abortion rates increased for women aged under 34 and decreased for women aged 35 and over, in 2000. The rate increased by 0.2% for women under 20, by 2.4% for women in their twenties and by 0.4% for women aged 30-34. The rate decreased by 1.4% in the 35-44 age-group.
* Eighty-eight per cent of terminations were performed before 13 weeks of gestation and 10 per cent between 13 and 19 weeks gestation, similar to last year.
==See also==
*[[Abortion in America]]
*[[Abortion in England]]
*[[Abortion in Wales]]
*[[Abortion in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Abortion statistics 2008]]
*[[Abortion statistics 2009]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Abortion]]