Educating others about [[Abortion|abortion]] requires accurate information. Here are some important '''Abortion Facts'''.
*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>
* When the number of abortions are included (as deaths of the unborn child), abortion was the most common cause of death in the [[United States]] in 2002. <ref>{{hnb|Blount County Right to Life|2003}}</ref> (Heart disease, with 710,760 deaths, was a distant second.)
*Abortion is the leading cause of death in [[Spain]].<ref>{{hnb|Catholic World News|2007}}</ref>
*"Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% as Catholic."<ref>Guttmacher Institute, ''Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States'', July 2008, retrieved 10/12/2008.[http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html#3] For this fact, Guttmacher cites Jones RK, Darroch JE and Henshaw SK, ''Patterns in the socioeconomic characteristics of women obtaining abortions in 2000–2001'', Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2002, 34(5):226–235.</ref>
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Some countries only allow abortions under certain circumstances. The first two reasons are generally grounds for an abortion even in countries with restrictive abortion laws, and the third, though controversial, is also rather common. Below are some common reasons women have abortions:
- * The child being the result of [[rape]] or [[incest]].- * Risk to the mother's health or life- * The child being born severely disabled, which may be criticised as a form of [[eugenics]]- * Inability to care for the child, in which case [[adoption]] poses a better alternative
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