“In the last 10 years about 85% [of abortions] have been done before 12 weeks. The mean gestation in women who have NHS abortions is probably around 9 – 10 weeks, 15 – 16 % are done after 12 weeks, and about 2% after 20 weeks.”
At 9-10 weeks, the baby looks like this:
“The women who come relatively late tend to be those whose lives are disorganized and who have poor relationships. They find difficulty in accepting that they are pregnant in the first instance and, having found they are pregnant, find difficulty in utilizing the service.”
David B Paintin “Legal Abortion in England and Wales”
Abortion: Medical Progress and Social Implications, CIBA Foundation Symposium 115 (London: Pitman, 1985) 12
When in pregnancy are abortions done? This will answer that question
The following information comes from the Alan Guttmacher Institute:
This is when in pregnancy abortions are done:
23%
in the first 6 weeks — 301,300 annually
34.5%
in the seventh or eighth week — 451,950 annually
19.5%
in the ninth or tenth week — 255,450 annually
10%
in the eleventh or twelfth week -131,000 annually
6.0%
in the thirteenth through fifteenth weeks — 78,600 annually
4.5%
in the sixteenth through twentieth weeks — 58,950 annually
1.5%
at twenty-one weeks or more — 19,650 annually
6 week baby:
6 week preborn baby
301,300 annually
…..
7 week baby
8 week baby
451,950 annually
….
9 week baby
10 week baby
255,450 annually
….
11 week baby:
11 weeks
12 week baby
131,000 annually
….
14 week baby:
78,600 annually
….
16 week baby:
20 week baby
58,950 annually
…..
23 week baby
24 week baby
24 weeks
and older
19,650 annually
…..
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, “An Overview of Abortion in the United States” (2003). 4. Elam-Evans L et al., “Abortion surveillance–United States, 2000”, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2003, 52(SS 12).
Relatively few surgical abortions take place before six weeks. Some RU486 abortions do, but most abortions done in the United States are still done through surgical means.
About 60% of all abortions take place between six and eight week or earlier. Rounded: 60% of all abortions adds up to 2,400 abortions at this stage a day
20% of abortions happen in the ninth or 10th week of pregnancy. Rounded: 20% of abortions at 9-10 weeks adds up to 800
abortions a day
3,200 a week
12,800 a month
153,600 a year
