Category: Statistics and Polls

Norma Goldberger, abortion clinic owner and abortion counselor on what happened after abortion was legalized:

“The number of women who decided to have an abortion was phenomenal. A study by Kinsey, performed when most abortions were illegal, documented that 10% of women had a history of at least one abortion by the age of fifty. Now that abortion was legal in some states that percentage was rising.”

Norma Goldberger Abortion Confidential: Secrets of an Abortion Clinic Owner (CreateSpace , November 23, 2014) Kindle Edition

Pro-choice organizations like to say that one in three women have an abortion in their lifetime but the research is suspect. 

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January 2012 NY Times/CBS did a poll asking about what  the most important issues were to voters.

3. In deciding who you would like to see elected President this year, which one of the following issues will be most important to you: 1. Abortion, or 2. The federal budget deficit, or 3. The economy, or 4. Health care, or 5. Illegal immigration, or 6. Something else? IF SOMETHING ELSE, ASK: What is that? ISSUES WERE ROTATED.

1/12-17/12
Abortion 3
Federal budget deficit 15
Economy 56
Health care 14
Illegal immigration 5
Something else 6
Don’t Know/NA 2

The New York Times CBS News poll, January 12-17, 2012

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Top reasons women gave for having abortions (women could pick more than one) according to the most recent info:

74% said that the baby would change their life too much

73% said that babies were too expensive

48% didn’t want to raise the child alone

32% did not want another child

Less than 1% for rape or incest

Finer LP et al., “Reasons US Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2005 37 (3): 10 – 118

I will leave it to the reader to decide whether these are sufficient reasons or not.

Below: 1st trimester (9-10 week) preborn baby (see what this baby would look like after the most common type of abortion, a suction curettage)

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“In 2015, 34% of Americans say they are satisfied with current U.S. abortion policies. This is the lowest percentage since Gallup first asked the question in 2001. …. Americans who say they are dissatisfied with current abortion policies were asked a follow-up question to learn if they are dissatisfied because they want current abortion laws to be stricter or less strict. This year, of those who are dissatisfied, twice as many prefer stricter rather than less strict laws: 24% want stricter laws, while 12% want current abortion laws to be less strict.”

Rebecca Riffkin, “Fewest Americans Satisfied With Abortion Policies Since 2001,” Gallup poll,  2/9/15,

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A somewhat old statistic. Make of it what you will.

“Statistics say that 45% of pregnant teens tell their parents.”

From the Alan Guttmacher Institute

Deanne Durrett The Abortion Conflict: a Pro/Con Issue (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 2000) 39

The other 55%, apparently, have an abortion without telling their parents.

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“… A 1996 study revealed that “parental involvement laws appear to decrease minors’ demands for abortion by 13 to 25%.” A 2008 study showed that parental consent laws reduce the minor abortion rate by 18.7%. With the loving support of their parents, many young women are able to bring their babies into the world and not face the physical risks and emotional devastation that abortions can bring.”

Mary E Harned “Parental Involvement Laws: Protecting Minors and Parental Rights” Defending Life in 2013: Deconstruction Roe Vs. Wade (DC: Americans United for Life, 2013)

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Dr. Richard R. Parlour and Dr. James H. Ford, MD examined nine studies about women and abortion and wrote, in 1974, that the studies:

“showed that 80 to 90 percent of the women who have legally induced abortions would not opt for the abortion if it were illegal.”

Richard R. Parlour, M.D; James H. Ford, MD “The Unwanted Pregnancy: Psychiatry on the Rocks” Medical Counterpoint, Oct 1974

Quoted in Mark Crutcher  “Lime 5: Exploited by Choice ” (Denton, Texas: Life Dynamics Incorporated, 1996)

This is an old source and, unfortunately, I was not able to find the original article. Mark Crutcher, author and head of Life Dynamics may be able to help research the issue further.

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Commenting on the “war on women” rhetoric of Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion organizations:

“One of the central myths in American politics is that women are more pro-choice than men,” Karen Kaufman, an associate professor at the University of Maryland who has researched the gender gap, told Yahoo News.

In 2011, 59 percent of men and 56 percent of women said in a Gallup poll that abortion should be legal in no circumstances or only in a few.

Men and women are much more divided on the issue of war (women oppose military interventions) and the role of government (women are more wary of federal spending cuts) than on abortion.”

Liz Goodwin “Three myths about women voters that wouldn’t go away in 2012” Yahoo News November 6, 2012 

 

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A 2014 U.S. News & World Report article describes how the United States is becoming more pro-life:

“Our nation’s laws need to realign with the changing views of Americans on abortion. In a recent national poll, 84 percent of Americans support significant abortion restrictions, including nearly 6 in 10 of those who identify as strongly pro-choice. For example, 79 percent of pro-choice respondents believed there should be a 24-hour waiting period before having an abortion and 80 percent support parental notifications.”

Mercedes Viana Schlapp “The Pro-Life Movement Is Gaining Ground” U.S. News & World Report  Jan. 24, 2014

In contrast, the top proabortion organizations, Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice, and the National Organization for Women take the position that there should be no abortion restrictions whatsoever of any kind.

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