Resources

Care Net
www.care-net.org
www.optionline.org

Women & Abortion

www.ramahinternational.org
www.afterabortion.org
www.standupgirl.com

Other resources:

Her choice to Heal By Sydna Masse & Joan Phillips
I ll hold you in Heaven By Jack Hayford
No one told me I could cry By Connie Nykiel (for teens)
A Solitary Sorrow By Paul & Teri Reisser

Men & Abortion
www.mistymtn.org
www.lifeissues.org
www.afterabortion.org

Other resources:
Fatherhood Aborted By Guy Condon & David Hazard
Healing A Father s Heart By Linda Cochrane

Facts and Figures

From the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Resources 2002
1.2 million abortions are performed per year in the United States
4,000 abortions are performed each day
43% of women who have had abortions:
430,000 have 2nd abortion
171,000 have 3rd abortion
85,000 have 4 or more abortions

2 million couples in the U.S. are waiting to adopt

One out of every four pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion
13,079 abortions were performed in Oregon, of which
10,934 occurred in Multnomah and Washington counties, and
7, 123 of the mothers lived in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties

95% of all abortions are performed as a means of birth control or to end an unplanned pregnancy
Only 1% of abortions are performed because of rape or incest
3% are aborted because of fetal abnormalities

45 abortions a day are performed on women carrying a child five months or older

Post Abortions Stress (PAS)
Research Psychologist Dr. Vincent Rue gathered data from 765 post-abortive women in the U.S. and Russia and concluded that 87% of the U.S. women reported high to overwhelming stress after abortion 78% of the Russian women reported the same. (Trauma Symptoms Following Induced Abortion, Dr. Vincent Rue, Ph.D., 1996, Institute for Pregnancy Loss, Portsmouth, N.H.)

Suicide
The Finland National Research and Development Center for Welfare & Health found that women who have had an abortion are three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population and six times more likely to commit suicide than those women who have given birth. (OB. Gyno. News, February 15, 1997)

Other Interesting Statistics
40% of our teens are getting pregnant by age 20.
66% girls and 67.1% have sexual intercourse by senior year of high school. ¼ of the girls reported their first experience was voluntary but not wanted. (CareNet, Communications Brief, Sept. 1997).