The Statistics

The 2013 rate of abortions performed were 12.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 200 abortions per 1,000 live births.

Abortions performed on victims of rape and incest account for less than 2% of the annual rate.
Almost half (48%) of all abortions are performed in the United States on women who have had a previous abortion—and 6 in 10 women who have abortions are already mothers.

The abortion rate for 2014 for GI was 14.6 abortions
for every 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-44)

59,115,995
Total abortions since 1973


35.6% of all abortions in the U.S. are performed on black women

More than 19 million black babies have been aborted since the 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision legalized abortion, with a total number of 19,877,193 abortions.

Source(s): www.rtl.org/outreach, www.cdc.gov