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Since 1973 over 50 million surgical abortions have been performed in the United States. The death toll from abortion is more than all the casualties put together from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Iraq War.¹
Abortion is the leading cause of death among African Americans. In fact, you can stack deaths from HIV-AIDS, violent crime, accidents, cancer and heart disease one on top of the other and still not come close to the 16 million black babies that have died by abortion.^2,3,4
Although African women account for 37% of all abortions, they only make up 12.7% of the female population.^5,6
After the moment of fertilization nothing is added to the human embryo except nutrition and oxygen.⁷
The percentage of women who have abortions because of rape is 1%.⁸
The percentage of women who have abortions because of incest is less than 0.5%.⁹
At 21 days after fertilization a baby's heart begins to beat.¹⁰
22% of pregnancies end in abortions. That means 1 out of every 4 babies is aborted.¹¹
By the time the baby is 6 weeks old, his or her brain waves can be detected by electroencephalogram.¹²
Eugenic abortion is becoming increasingly popular. Medical researchers estimate that 80 percent or more of babies now prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted.¹³

1. Guttmacher Institute. “In Brief – Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States.” July 2008. www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html.

2. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – Nov 2008. “Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2005” - Table 1. http://colorvue3.colorspace.net/shakopee/login.jsp?viewProj=open;50-4063;11040.

3. Jones RK et al., Abortion in the United States: incidence and access to services, 2005, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2008, 40(1): 6-16. Table 1. www.guttmacher.org/pubs/psrh/full/4000608.pdf

4. All other numbers: Statistics from the National Center for Injury Prevention & Control are available at webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10.html.

5. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – Nov 2008. “Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2005” - Table 1. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5713a1.htm

6. U. S. Census Bureau. Table 1. Male-Female Ratio by Race Alone or in Combination and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States: 2000. www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t11/tab01.pdf

7. "The Drama of Fetal Development." American Baby. (January 1989). p45.

8. Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2005, 37(3):110-118.

9. Ibid.

10. Moore and Persaud. The Developing Human. p310.

11. Finer LB and Henshaw SK, Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence in 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2005, www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2005/05/18/ab_incidence.pdf accessed May 17, 2005.

12. Hannibal, Hamlin M.D. "Life or Death by EEG." Jour. Of the AMA (Oct. 12, 1964). p113.

13. Neumayr, George. "The New Eugenics." The American Spectator. July 13, 2005. http://theamericanprowler.com/util/print.asp?art_id=8418>



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