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IT'S
A WRENCHING
DECISION. . .
Should Abortion Be Legal
In This Country?
People are tired of hearing the jargon from both sides. It's time you had an opportunity to just look at the facts.
In the few minutes it will take you to read this brochure, you will find facts that are undisputed by the medical and scientific communities. Facts that will help you make up your own mind about the abortion issue.
FACT.
Every Third Baby
Dies From Abortion.
- That's 1.6 million babies each year
- 4,400 each day
- 1 every 20 seconds
- 40% of all women who have abortions will have two or more.
- Half of all abortions are performed on women who chose to use abortion as their only means of birth control.
Alan Guttmacher Institute
FACT.
Women Can Legally Abort
Their Unborn Child At Any Time
Throughout Their Entire
Nine Months Of Pregnancy. . .
For Any Reason.
Doe V. Bolton, Roe V. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- The overwhelming majority of all abortions—98%—are done as a means of birth control or to conceal an unplanned pregnancy.
- Less than 2% of all abortions are performed because of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
FACT.
This Is An Unborn Baby Boy At
Approximately Seven Weeks.
- Just 18 days after conception, the baby's heart is beating. . . . At 6 weeks, brain waves can be measured. . . . At 8 weeks, the stomach, liver, kidneys, and brain are functioning. Fingerprints have formed. . . .At 9 weeks, this unborn child is able to feel pain. 772,800 abortions are done each year in America after this point in pregnancy.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
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FACT.
This Is An Unborn Baby At
16 Weeks. 77,000 Anerican Babies
Are Aborted Each Year
At This Age Or Older.
- Since 11 weeks, all of the baby's organs have been complete and functioning. He or she breathes (fluid), swallows, digests, sleeps, dreams, wakes, tastes, hears and can feel pain. From 11 weeks on, all the child needs to become a healthy newborn is nourishment and time.
- 40 abortions a day are performed on women carrying a child five months or older.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
FACT.
Legalizing Abortion Was Not
Responsible For Reducing
Abortion Related Deaths.
- According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the legalization of abortion was not responsible for reducing abortion-related deaths. The discovery of antibiotics in the early 1940s did that by providing a treatment for infection.
- In 1972, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion, only 39 women died from abortion related complications. In 1977, after abortion was legal for five years, 21 women died.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
- Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League), admits his group lied about the number of women who died from illegal abortion when testifying before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972: "We spoke of 5,000-10,000 deaths a year. . . . I confess that I knew the figures were totally false. . . . it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics?"
FACT.
Child Abuse Has Increased
Over 1000% Since
Abortion's Legalization In 1973.
- Legalizing abortion was supposed to help reduce child abuse, since it was assumed most abused children were unwanted at birth. But this theory has been disproven by scientific studies as well as by the obvious evidence that child abuse has sharply increased since abortion became legal.
| DATE
| TOTAL NUMBER
| % INCREASE
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1973
1980
1987
| 167,000
785,100
2,025,200
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370%
1112%
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Center of Child Abuse & Neglect; National Analysis of Official Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
- Rather than helping stop child abuse, legal abortion has actually contributed to its sharp rise due to the effect abortion has on women's self-esteem and ability to deal with stress—two important factors which cause child abuse.
- Cites Dr. Philip Ney in a widely read study on the connection between abortion and child abuse:
". . . elective abortion is an important cause of child abuse."
"Recent evidence indicates many women harbor strong feelings long after their abortions. Guilt is one important cause of child battering and infanticide. Abortion also lowers women's self-esteem and there are studies reporting a major loss of self-esteem in battering parents...."
P. Ney, M.D. "Relationship between Abortion & Child Abuse"
Canada Jour, Psychiatry, vol.24, 1979, pp.610-620
FACT.
The Average Abortion Procedure
Takes 5 To 10 Minutes. The
Average Wait For Adoption
Takes 2 To 10 Years
- Approximately 2,000,000 couples in America are currently ready and waiting to adopt.
- Only about 50,000 babies are placed for adoption each year.
- Only 2% to 3% of the more than 1,000,000 teenagers who will become pregnant this year will place their child for adoption. Over 40% will choose abortion.
National Committee for Adoption
THINK ABOUT IT.
The strategy of marketing abortion rights under the label of "pro-choice" was conceived by a "Madison Avenue" advertising agency. And it was a clever one. After all, the word "choice" strikes at the very heart of what we as Americans hold most dear.
But when you examine the facts behind the glossy label, you realize pro-choice markets only one choice to only one person: abortion for the mother.
In this brochure, you've seen the factual realities of abortion in America...the results of unlimited, unhindered "choice."
Should abortion remain legal as it is in America today—available on demand for any reason throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy?
Think about it. Then make your choice count.
© Dayton Right to Life Society 513/461-3625
Photos by: Scott Cooper, Robert Wolfe, & Lennart Nilsson
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