Abortions in the United States

Total number of abortions in the U.S. since 1973: 48 million +
Abortions per year: 1,200,000
Abortions per day: 3,288
Abortions per hour: 137
9 abortions every 4 minutes
1 abortion every 26 seconds















Planned Parenthood’s income break-down for 2006-2007 fiscal year
PP clinic income: $356.9 million
PP Government grants and contracts: $336.7 million
Total profit: $114.8 million
Total income: $1.02 billion

2006 Planned Parenthood service numbers
Number of abortions (medical and surgical): 289,750
Total number of abortions per week: 5,572
Adoption referrals: 2,410
Ratio of adoption referrals to abortions: 1 per 120

2007 Planned Parenthood Annual Survey
Total number of PP clinics: 855
Total number of non-express clinics: 814
Express clinics: 41
Total number of PP clinics that perform surgical and/or medical abortions: 287
Total number of affiliates: 108
Number of clinics that started doing abortions in 2007: 55

Other random information
Highest number of PP non-express clinics: 938 in 1995
Total number of PP clinics in 2006: 859
Number of states that do NOT give money to PP: 6 according to 2006 ALL study

Percentages of U.S. Females, Age 15-44, Broken Down by Race (According to 2000 U.S. Census)

Whites: 64.7%
Blacks: 12.3%
Hispanic or Latino: 12.4%
Other: 10.6%

Percentages of U.S. Women Who Obtained Abortions, Broken Down by Race (According to Center of Disease Control, 2004)

Whites: 54.1%
Blacks: 38.2%
Other: 7.7%    

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